Elza Radziņa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 10, 1917
- Died
- August 18, 2005 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hide-and-seek
Movie · as Timmere
The Courage to Kill
Movie
Maija and Paija
Movie · as Laima
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
Movie · as Paula
Little Tom Thumb
Movie · as Lady-in-Waiting
We Accuse
Movie
The Last Visit
Movie
Secret of the Blackbirds
Movie · as miss Effie Ramsbottom
Rain Blues
Movie
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Movie
Agent of the Secret Service
Movie · as Nyaga
Inspector Goole
Movie · as Сибил Берлинг
Theatre
TV · as Dolly de Vries · 2 eps
Family Album
Movie · as Irma
Theatre
Movie · as Dolly de Vries
Behind Glass Door
Movie
Death Under Sail
TV · as Mrs. Tufts · 2 eps
Favorite
Movie · as Aunty Debb Penn
Attack On The Secret Police
Movie · as madame Leigne
Death Under Sail
Movie
Defying Fate
Movie
Olegs and Aina
Movie
Maritime Climates
Movie
Blow, Wind!
Movie · as Mother
How the Steel Was Tempered
TV · 6 eps
Tauriņdeja
Movie · as Annas kundze
Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
Movie
King Lear
Movie · as Goneril
The Last Relic
Movie · as Abtiss
Devil's Servants
Movie · as Getruda
Klavs - The Son of Martin
Movie · as Ance
The Republic of Varnu Street
Movie
The Times of the Surveyors
Movie · as Oļiņiete
The Swamp Wader
Movie · as Horsta madāma
Hamlet
Movie · as Gertrude
Rainis
Movie · as Dora