Elza Radziņa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-02-10
Day of Death
2005-08-18 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Elza Radziņa
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.
Known For
Acting
(2001)
Hide-and-seek
as Timmere
(1993)
(1991)
Maija and Paija
as Laima
(1987)
Littlefinger
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1987)
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
as Paula
(1986)
(1983)
Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
(1982)
(1981)
(1979)
Inspector Goole
as Сибил Берлинг
(1979)
Agent of the Secret Service
as Nyaga
(1978)
Theatre
as Dolly
(1978)
(1978)
Family Album
as Irma
(1976)
Favorit
as Aunty Debb Penn
(1976)
(1976)
Attack On The Secret Police
as madame Leigne
(1974)
(1974)
(1973)
How the Steel Was Tempered
as редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
(1973)
Blow, Wind!
as Mother
(1972)
Tauriņdeja
as Annas kundze
(1972)
(1970)
The Last Relic
as Abtiss
(1970)
King Lear
as Goneril
(1970)
Klavs - The Son of Martin
as Ance
(1970)
Devil's Servants
as Getruda
(1970)
(1968)
The Times of the Surveyors
as Oļiņiete
(1966)
The Swamp Wader
as Horsta madāma
(1964)
Hamlet
as Gertrude
(1949)
Rainis
as Dora