Born
1917-02-10 (age 109)
Birthplace
Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Known For
Acting
Elza Radziņa
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. In 1949 she made her debut in biographical drama film "Rainis" from Riga Film Studio.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
King Lear
as Goneril
1970
The Last Relic
as Abtiss
1970
Hamlet
as Gertrude
1964
Favorite
as Aunty Debb Penn
1976
Agent of the Secret Service
as Nyaga
1979
Attack On The Secret Police
as madame Leigne
1976
The Swamp Wader
as Horsta madāma
1966
Family Album
as Irma
1978
Maija and Paija
as Laima
1991
Theatre
as Dolly de Vries
1978
Blow, Wind!
as Mother
1973
Inspector Goole
as Сибил Берлинг
1979
Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
1983
Rainis
as Dora
1949
How the Steel Was Tempered
as редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
1973
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981
The Courage to Kill
1993
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
as Paula
1987
Littlefinger
as Lady-in-Waiting
1987
Rain Blues
1982
