Elza Radziņa
33 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 10, 1917
- Died
- Aug 18, 2005 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
- Also known as
- Elza Radzina · Эльза Радзиня · Elza Radziņa · Радзиня Эльза Яновна
Biography
Elza Radziņa (February 10, 1917; Kharkiv, Russian Empire – August 18, 2005; Riga, Latvia) was a 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.
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In 1949 she made her debut in biographical drama film "Rainis" from Riga Film Studio.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Elza Radziņa: movies and TV shows
Acting (36)
- 2001 Hide-and-seek
as Timmere
- 1993
- 1991 Maija and Paija
as Laima
- 1987 The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
as Paula
- 1987 Little Tom Thumb
as Lady-in-Waiting
- 1986
- 1984
- 1983 Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
- 1982
- 1981
- 1979 Inspector Goole
as Сибил Берлинг
- 1979
- 1979 Agent of the Secret Service
as Nyaga
- 1978 Theatre
as Dolly de Vries
- 1978 Family Album
as Irma
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Favorite
as Aunty Debb Penn
- 1976 Attack On The Secret Police
as madame Leigne
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973 Blow, Wind!
as Mother
- 1972
- 1972 Tauriņdeja
as Annas kundze
- 1970 Devil's Servants
as Getruda
- 1970 King Lear
as Goneril
- 1970 Klavs - The Son of Martin
as Ance
- 1970
- 1970 The Last Relic
as Abtiss
- 1968 The Times of the Surveyors
as Oļiņiete
- 1966 The Swamp Wader
as Horsta madāma
- 1964 Hamlet
as Gertrude
- 1949 Rainis
as Dora