Personal Info
Birth date
1927-12-16 (97 Years)
Day of death
2011-05-04
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Also known as
Yelena Gueórguievna Volozhánina
Yelena Samarina
Biography
Yelena Samarina was born on December 16, 1927 in Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR as Yelena Georgievna Volozhanina. She was an actress, known for The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971), The Happy Sixties (1963), El filo del miedo (1967) and Don Juan in Hell (1991). She was married to Juan Manuel López Iglesias, the founder of Spain's Alta Films. She died on May 4, 2011 in Madrid, Spain.
Filmography
Curro Jiménez
7.1
Overview:
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro JiménezSinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
5.2
Overview:
Linda comes to the big city in search of fun and excitement. What she finds is exploitation and abuse at the hands of a succession of sleazy guys. Searching for love, she enters into a lesbian relationship with a beautiful countess, discovers drugs and swingers' parties and starts acting in porno movies. She also begins to write a secret diary...House of 1,000 Dolls
5.2
Overview:
When a vacationing couple in Tangiers runs into an old friend there, they discover that he is searching for his missing girlfriend who has been kidnapped by an international gang of white slavers.Foul Play
4.9
Overview:
A 1977 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem that won the Golden Prize the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.Death Haunts Monica
4.286
Overview:
The marriage between Federico and Monica is on the rocks. Federico has a mistress named Eva. There is a conspiracy between Monica's friend Elena and Eva to take over the company Eurozone owned by Federico. The situation becomes complicating when Diego appears, Federico's former associate.Murder Mansion
5.9
Overview:
A group of travelers, stranded at an isolated, fog-bound mansion, are beset upon by the living dead from the adjoining cemetery.The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman
5.4
Overview:
Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. As Waldemar shows Elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to come back to life, hungrier than ever. Daninsky has a hidden secret of his own, but will it be enough to save the two girls from becoming Wandessa's next victims?Night of the Skull
6.2
Overview:
After Lord Archibald Marion is brutally murdered by an unknown assailant, his bitter and feuding family members gather for a reading of the will, setting into motion an increasingly chilling series of deaths when their arrival is marked by a second grisly killing.Lute: Forge On or Die
5.806
Overview:
In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.Daughter of Dracula
4
Overview:
Luisa is called to the bed of her dying mother Edith at Karlstein Castle. Before she dies, she tells Luisa that the Karlsteins are a family of vampires and that her ancestor, the original Count Karlstein, lies buried in the crypt. Afterwards, Luisa goes and finds the count's coffin and discovers that he is undead. As she takes Karine, her cousin as her lover, a police inspector, Ptuschko investigates a series of killings around the town, dismissing the locals who insist these are being caused by vampires.Forbidden Passion
3.6
Overview:
A young woman was seduced by a high positioned official who is married but when she falls in love with a young man she tries to break the other relationship...The Tunnel
4.9
Overview:
A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.Réquiem por un campesino español
5.2
Overview:
Hypocrisy and betrayal are the two dramatic pivots in this effective, emotionally gripping tragedy about the life and death of Paco (Antonio Banderas), a Spanish peasant who had been fighting against the feudal landowning system that kept farmers impoverished. Paco's life is told in flashbacks by a priest (Antonio Ferrandis) who is seen officiating at an anniversary mass attended by three wealthy landowners and no one else. The priest recalls Paco's baptism, his communion, his marriage ceremony and then his work for the peasants as he advocated and led them in a land-reform movement. The rest of the story will rest heavy on the priest's conscience, as he looks out at his empty church.Awkward Hands
5.7
Overview:
The story of a young peaceful ranch hand who falls for the boss’ daughter. The couple’s romance is kept secret because the beautiful woman is desired and promised to a rich opponent. When Peter defends her honor he is severely beaten and left for dead in the desert. Nursed back to health by a mysterious gunman dressed in black and again later by a mysterious Chinese master, heathy and wiser Peter sets out for revenge.Trout
5.2
Overview:
In a restaurant they're preparing a grand banquet in honor of a sports association of anglers, but several circumstances seem to have conspired to boycott the event.La Carmen
5
Overview:
A young ex-seminarian named José is doing his military service in Córdoba. There he meets Carmen, a beautiful flamenco dancer who falls madly in love, to the point that he steals to get money for her, so he will be imprisoned. José does not support the separation and, when he is driven by the Civil Guard on a train, he runs off by jumping out the window. He then left for Madrid in search of Carmen, who now lives in the company of his uncle, the lame, master of dancers. The woman welcomes José coldly, although they engage in a strange and tense relationship behind the back of El Morao, her former pimp, who lives with her again.Nine Letters to Berta
7.2
Overview:
Lorenzo is a young man who has just returned to Salamanca (Spain) from England, where he fell in love with Berta, a girl daughter of exiled parents who have never seen Spain. Lorenzo tries through some beautiful letters that she understands how is the world where her parents once lived.Silence of the Grave
3.75
Overview:
The film resembles a Ten Little Indians plot, with the crew of a Western film in post-production (who are staying as guests on an island retreat) cropping up as corpses one by one after the mysterious and inexplicable kidnapping of a child. The film plays up its traditional mystery angle, with each of the guests being as likely a suspect as the next, in scenes such as one in which all of the guests sit around in the parlor and cast dramatic, accusatory glances at one another.El balcón de la Luna
10
Overview:
The lives of 3 singers during their last few months working at a venue called "The Moon's Balcony"The Blackmailers
NYR
Overview:
A girl has two suitors: a famous bullfighter who is in love and rejecting a pawn. His relationship with the bullfighter is hampered by the harassment to which he submits. After suffering a serious catch, the bullfighter lifesaving through the locket she gave him.A Glass of Whiskey
5.8
Overview:
Víctor is a handsome boy, skeptical and lover of the pleasures of life. He has no job or benefit and lives on women without realizing that his behavior triggers dramas and disappointments, pain and hopelessness.La duquesa roja
3
Overview:
An Andalusian duchess has the dilemma of what to do with a grove, whether to convert it into a natural reserve or to make a luxury urbanization. The duchess, who is torn between her aristocratic privileges and a social commitment that has cost her more than one dislike in the past, must make a decision about her lands, to which she wants to get some money without harming the people. On the other hand, An ambitious Basque financier, Antónón Ibarrondo, intends to build a luxury urbanization in the Marbella style in the grove. Around the duchess, the businessman, environmentalists and other members in the conflict, problems begin to arise and everything will be decided in a referendum, convened with the idea that it is the people who decide, which coincides with the annual celebration of the Pilgrimage del Pueblo.With a cast "Man in Hiding
4.8
Overview:
Following the Spanish Civil War, a man goes into hiding to avoid arrest by the victorious Nationalist forces.The Scarlet Letter
5.5
Overview:
In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?Battered Flesh
2.7
Overview:
Berta (Tota Alba) has entered, once again, in prison accused of fraud. From the first moment she steps in the jail, she becomes the toy of all the veteran inmates. The number of conflicts in which she is immersed causes her to be transferred several times from penitentiary. In all of them will live some experience that will change her life; she will know love, hate, despair, etc.Sin un adiós
5.8
Overview:
Mario Leyva, famous singer in full glory harassed every day more for his "fans", takes the life that they allow him, dedicated to his art and directed professionally by his "manager". His popularity makes him be mixed in the advertising of a brand of cigarettes by advertising phrases that repeat themselves in all the languages.Acting
1997La duquesa roja as Guía rusa
1993Krapatchouk as Militaire soviétique
1991Don Juan in Hell as Dama Ermita
1988The Tunnel as Allende's Main
1987Lute: Forge On or Die as Denunciante
1986Lulú de noche as Actriz
1985Réquiem por un campesino español as Mujer Carasol 4
1984Coarse Salt as Maria Ivanova
1979Silvia ama a Raquel as Ana
1979Naked Madrid as Amanda
1978Tiempos de constitución as Unknown
1978Trout as Madre hiperprotectora
1978Battered Flesh as Lulú
1977Widows' Nest as Unknown
1977To an Unknown God as Unknown
1977Marked by Men as Pilar
1977Foul Play as Mujer de Rafael
1977La mujer es un buen negocio as Turista
1977Climax as Isabel
1976Curro Jiménez (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Silence of the Grave as Vera Steiner
1976La Carmen as Extranjera ligona
1976Death Haunts Monica as María
1975Blood Stains in a New Car as Patricia Lafond
1974Night of the Skull as Deborah Potts
1974Forbidden Passion as Matilde
1973Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac as Hélène (uncredited)
1973Death Uncertain as Sybilla
1973The Scarlet Letter as Mistress Hibbins, the daughter of Gov. Bellingham
1973El misterio del castillo rojo as Unknown
1972Daughter of Dracula as Ana Kramer (uncredited)
1972Murder Mansion as Mrs. Tremont (as Ylena Samarina)
1971Man in Hiding as Amalia
1971The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman as Elizabeth Daninsky
1971The Christ of the Ocean as Madre de Pedrito (uncredited)
1971Spaniards in Paris as Unknown
1971La orilla as Sor María
1971Tirarse al monte as Unknown
1971Exorcism's Daughter as Unknown
1970Sin un adiós as Enfermera
1970Las secretas intenciones as Marta
1970Awkward Hands as Sra. Warren
1969The Happy Sixties as Mónica
1969Ditirambo as Urdiales' Widow
1968Agonizing in Crime as Susanne
1968Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar as Barbara
1967A Love Story as Vecina
1967House of 1,000 Dolls as Madame Viera
1967The Edge of Fear as Amelia
1966Culpable para un delito as Patricia
1966Nine Letters to Berta as Trini
1966The Lady of the Dawn as La Peregrina
1966De barro y oro as Señora rica
1965The Relentless Four as Mujer de John
1965Currito de la Cruz as Teresa
1965Amador as Julita
1965Muerte en primavera as Sandra
1963Escuadrilla de vuelo as Unknown
1963The Blackmailers as Belly, turista inglesa
1963Girl from La Mancha as Gobernante
1962El balcón de la Luna as Alma Porcel
1962Ventolera as Linda
1962Abuelita Charlestón as Mariscala
1961Siempre es domingo as Hermana de Carlota
1959S.O.S., abuelita as Unknown
1959A Glass of Whiskey as Laura
1959Ejército blanco as Unknown
1958¡Viva lo imposible! as Eloísa
1958Aquellos tiempos del cuplé as Unknown