Acting
Elza Radziņa
LV, RU, MO, RO cinema · 33 credits
Born
10 February 1917
Died
18 August 2005 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Also known as Elza Radzina · Эльза Радзиня · Elza Radziņa · Радзиня Эльза Яновна · Elza Šalkone-Radziņa
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
as Timmere
Maija and Paija
as Laima
Little Tom Thumb
as Lady-in-Waiting
Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
Inspector Goole
as Сибил Берлинг
Theatre
as Dolly de Vries
Favorite
as Aunty Debb Penn
Attack On The Secret Police
as madame Leigne
Blow, Wind!
as Mother
Tauriņdeja
as Annas kundze
King Lear
as Goneril
The Last Relic
as Abtiss
Devil's Servants
as Getruda
The Times of the Surveyors
as Oļiņiete
The Swamp Wader
as Horsta madāma
Hamlet
as Gertrude
Rainis
1949
Rainis
as Dora