Taina Elg

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Taina Elg (born 9 March 1930, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, film and television. She was born in Helsinki, but later raised in Turku by her parents, Helena Dobroumova (of Russian descent) and Åke Elg, a pianist. In 1957 she won the Golden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award - Female. She won another Golden Globe in 1958 for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for her performance in Les Girls, tying with her co-star Kay Kendall. In 1958 she was nominated for a Golden Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In 1975 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?. She appeared in the original Broadway production of Nine as Guido Contini's mother. From 1980-1981 she played Nicole Bonard/Olympia Buchanan, wife to Asa Buchanan, on ABC's soap opera One Life to Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taina Elg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Murder, She Wrote

as Claudia Soury

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Liebestraum

as Old Mother Ralston

Jackpot

as Mrs. Skogstedt

Hong Kong

as Marta Neilsen

The Mirror Has Two Faces

as Female Professor

Hercules in New York

as Nemesis

The 39 Steps

as Miss Fisher

That's Dancing!

as From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)

Les Girls

as Angèle Ducros

Diane

as Alys

Don't Drink the Water

as Anna Gruber

Gaby

as Elsa

The Prodigal

as Elissa

Watusi

as Erica Neuler

Mission of Danger

as Audrey Bonay

Imitation General

as Simone

Suomisen perhe

as Child at Olli's Party (uncredited)

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

as Self

The Bacchantes

as Dirce