Elza Radziņa
Actor
- Born
- February 10, 1917 · Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
- Died
- August 18, 2005 (age 88)
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.
Known for
Hamlet
June 24, 1964
King Lear
December 15, 1970
Secret of the Blackbirds
November 21, 1983
The Last Relic
March 23, 1970
Theatre
October 15, 1978
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
July 12, 1987
Death Under Sail
June 6, 1976
Favorite
June 1, 1976
Little Tom Thumb
January 3, 1987
Devil's Servants
December 30, 1970
Inspector Goole
September 13, 1979
Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
July 12, 1972
Acting33
- 2001Hide-and-seek as Timmere
- 1993The Courage to Kill
- 1991Maija and Paija as Laima
- 1987The Photo of a Woman with a Boar as Paula
- 1987Little Tom Thumb as Lady-in-Waiting
- 1986We Accuse
- 1984The Last Visit
- 1983Secret of the Blackbirds as miss Effie Ramsbottom
- 1982Rain Blues
- 1981Sergey Ivanovich Retires
- 1979Inspector Goole