Jubilee of the Soviet-Russian-American Actress

 On February 24, 2022, Elena Solovey celebrates her 75th birthday.

Раба любви (A Slave of Love). 1975. Director Nikita Mikhalkov.


Elena Solovey was born in the small German town of Neustrelitz, where her father, Yakov Solovey, a front-line soldier, holder of many military orders and medals, served at that time. The mother of the future actress, Zinaida Shmatova, a junior lieutenant of the medical service, like her husband, was also a front-line soldier, awarded military orders and medals.

Король-олень (The Deer King). 1969. Director Pavel Arsenov.


In 1959, the family of Elena Solovey, in connection with the demobilization of her father, moved to Moscow, where Elena began to combine her studies in high school with classes at the Stanislavsky Children's Theater Studio. Classes in this studio helped Elena enter VGIK (All-Union State Institute of Cinematography) after graduating from high school. While studying at VGIK, Elena began acting in films. She played her first role in the short film "My Heart in the Mountains" by Rustam Khamdamov (1967), and two years later she played one of the main roles in the musical fairy tale film "The Deer King" by Pavel Arsenov.

Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино (An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano). 1976. Director Nikita Mikhalkov. Movie's Rating - 8,373; 384th Rank in the Golden Thousand.


By the 75th anniversary of the actress, her filmography includes 40 full-length feature films (including 3 ones made in the USA), not counting a large number of television films and TV-series. 3 movies out of these forty were included in the Golden Thousand. Thanks to this indicator and thanks to her beauty, Elena Solovey is included in the list of the 100 most beautiful and sexy Actresses of world cinema, compiled by FilmGourmand.

Вам и не снилось... (Love and Lies). 1981. Director Ilya Frez.  Movie's Rating - 8,191; 485th Rank in the Golden Thousand.


In honor of the Jubilee of the wonderful Actress, I want to remind her fans of the shots from the best films with her participation. 

Друг (Friend). 1987. Director Leonid Kvinikhidze. Movie's Rating - 8,210; 470th Rank in the Golden Thousand.





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