Yelena Kuzmina

This article is about the actress. For the archeologist, see Elena Efimovna Kuzmina.

Yelena Aleksandrovna Kuzmina (Russian: Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Кузьмина́; 17 February 1909 – 15 October 1979) was a Soviet and Russian film actress. She was People's Artist of the RSFSR (1950).^[1]

Yelena Kuzmina
Kuzmina in 1947
Born	Yelena Aleksandrovna Kuzmina (1909-02-17)17 February 1909 Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died	15 October 1979(1979-10-15) (aged 70) Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actress[1]
Spouse(s)	Boris Barnet[1] Mikhail Romm[1]

In 1929, she made her film debut in the role of the communal resident Louise in the film “The New Babylon ” by Grigory Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, showing herself "as an actress of original dramatic and comedic talent".^[1]

Filmography

Kuzmina in 1936

• The New Babylon (1929) as saleswoman Louise Poirier
• Alone (1931) as teacher Yelena Kuzmina
• Horizon (1932) as Rosie
• Outskirts (1933) as Manka Greshina
• By the Bluest of Seas (1936) as fisherwoman Mariya
• The Thirteen (1936) as Marya Nikolayevna Zhuravlyova^[2]
• Dream (1941) as Anna
• Girl No. 217 (1944) as Tatyana Krylova
• The Russian Question (1947) as Jessie West
• Secret Mission (1950) as Marta Shirke
• Attack from the Sea (1953) as Emma Hamilton
• Trouble (1977) as Alevtina Ivanovna Kuligina