Yelena Samarina


Yelena Samarina, 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 Antivicio La duquesa roja Don Juan in Hell The Tunnel Lulú de noche Coarse Salt Cervantes Madrid al desnudo Trout La Carmen Gone to the Mountain The Man in Hiding Spaniards in Paris The House of 1,000 Dolls Currito of the Cross The Blackmailers The Balcony of the Moon