Elza Radziņa
Known For
Acting
Born
1917-02-10 in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Died
2005-08-18
Biography
Elza Radziņa (February 10, 1917; Kharkiv, Russian Empire – August 18, 2005; Riga, Latvia) was a Soviet 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.
Most Known For
Littlefinger
as Lady-in-Waiting
Favorite
as Aunty Debb Penn
The Last Relic
as Abtiss
Hide-and-seek
as Timmere
The Times of the Surveyors
as Oļiņiete
Смерть под парусом
as Mrs. Tufts
Defying Fate
Rain Blues
Theatre
as Dolli de Friz
Tauriņdeja
as Annas kundze
Blow, Wind!
as Mother
Theatre
as Dolly
Maritime Climates
The Swamp Wader
as Horsta madāma
The Courage to Kill
Family Album
as Irma
King Lear
as Goneril
Hamlet
as Gertrude
Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
