Yelena Samarina

Yelena Samarina (née Elena Georgievna Vologzhaninova | Vologzhanina, Volozhanina), 16 December 1927, Omsk – 4 May 2011, Madrid - was a Russian-born actress who settled in Spain. She was originally selected to play the lead in Wim Wenders' historical The Scarlet Letter, but the film's financial backers insisted on the casting of the better-known Senta Berger.

Selected filmography Cuéntame (2004) Antivicio (2001) La duquesa roja (1997) Don Juan in Hell (1991) The Tunnel (1988) Lulú de noche (1986) Coarse Salt (1984) Cervantes (1981) Madrid al desnudo (1979) Trout (1978) La Carmen (1976) Gone to the Mountain (1974) Daughter of Dracula (1972) The Man in Hiding (1971) Spaniards in Paris (1971) The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967) Currito of the Cross (1965) The Blackmailers (1963) The Balcony of the Moon (1962) Let's Make the Impossible! (1958)