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 (1973), but the film's financial backers insisted on the casting of the better-known Senta Berger. (Via Wikipedia)
