Elza Radziņa
Acting·February 10, 1917·† August 18, 2005 — 88 years old·Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
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
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2001Hide-and-seekTimmere1993The Courage to Kill1991Maija and PaijaLaima1987The Photo of a Woman with a BoarPaula1987LittlefingerLady-in-Waiting1986We Accuse1984The Last Visit1983Secret of the Blackbirdsmiss Effie Ramsbottom1982Rain Blues1981Sergey Ivanovich Retires1979Inspector GooleСибил Берлинг1979TheatreTVDolly de Vries1979Agent of the Secret ServiceNyaga1978TheatreDolly de Vries1978Family AlbumIrma1978Behind Glass Door1977Death Under SailTVMrs. Tufts1976Death Under Sail1976FavoriteAunty Debb Penn1976Attack On The Secret Policemadame Leigne1975Defying Fate1974Olegs and Aina1974Maritime Climates1973How the Steel Was Temperedредактор газеты Ирина Александровна1973Blow, Wind!Mother1972Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill1972TauriņdejaAnnas kundze1970Devil's ServantsGetruda1970King LearGoneril1970Klavs - The Son of MartinAnce1970The Republic of Varnu Street1970The Last RelicAbtiss1968The Times of the SurveyorsOļiņiete1966The Swamp WaderHorsta madāma1964HamletGertrude1949RainisDora