Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 10, 1917
Place of Birth:
Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
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Elza Radziņa
Biography
Elza Radziņa (February 10, 1917; Kharkiv, Russian Empire – August 18, 2005; Riga, Latvia) was a Soviet Latvian theater and cinema actress, master of the spoken word (reader). She received award of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of the Three Stars in 1995.
She studied in Jelgava theater studio in 1942. After the World War II worked in Jelgava Drama theater (1945-1953). For a brief moment she worked in Valmiera Drama theater, but from 1954 worked in Latvian National Theater, where she became one of the leading actresses.
In 1949 she made her debut in biographical drama film "Rainis" from Riga Film Studio.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Hide-and-seek | Timmere |
| 1993 | The Courage to Kill | |
| 1991 | Maija and Paija | Laima |
| 1987 | Littlefinger | Lady-in-Waiting |
| 1987 | The Photo of a Woman with a Boar | Paula |
| 1986 | We Accuse | |
| 1983 | Secret of the Blackbirds | miss Effie Ramsbottom |
| 1982 | Rain Blues | |
| 1981 | Sergey Ivanovich Retires | |
| 1979 | Agent of the Secret Service | Nyaga |
| 1979 | Inspector Goole | Сибил Берлинг |
| 1978 | Family Album | Irma |
| 1978 | Theatre | Dolly |
| 1978 | Behind Glass Door | |
| 1976 | Favorit | Aunty Debb Penn |
| 1976 | Attack On The Secret Police | madame Leigne |
| 1976 | Death Under Sail | |
| 1974 | Olegs and Aina | |
| 1974 | Maritime Climates | |
| 1973 | Blow, Wind! | Mother |
| 1973 | How the Steel Was Tempered | редактор газеты Ирина Александровна |
| 1972 | Tauriņdeja | Annas kundze |
| 1972 | Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill | |
| 1970 | King Lear | Goneril |
| 1970 | The Last Relic | Abtiss |
| 1970 | Devil's Servants | Getruda |
| 1970 | Klavs - The Son of Martin | Ance |
| 1970 | The Republic of Varnu Street | |
| 1968 | The Times of the Surveyors | Oļiņiete |
| 1966 | The Swamp Wader | Horsta madāma |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Gertrude |
| 1949 | Rainis | Dora |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Theatre | Dolli de Friz |
| 1977 | Смерть под парусом | Mrs. Tufts |