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Elza Radziņa

Acting Born Feb 10, 1917 Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine] 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Смерть под парусом

as Mrs. Tufts

Full filmography

  • Rain Blues (1982)
  • Littlefinger (1987) as Lady-in-Waiting
  • The Swamp Wader (1966) as Horsta madāma
  • Theatre (1979) as Dolly de Vries
  • Secret of the Blackbirds (1983) as miss Effie Ramsbottom
  • Hamlet (1964) as Gertrude
  • The Times of the Surveyors (1968) as Oļiņiete
  • Blow, Wind! (1973) as Mother
  • King Lear (1970) as Goneril
  • The Last Visit (1984)
  • The Last Relic (1970) as Abtiss
  • Смерть под парусом (1977) as Mrs. Tufts
  • Theatre (1978) as Dolly de Vries
  • Defying Fate (1975)
  • Sergey Ivanovich Retires (1981)
  • Devil's Servants (1970) as Getruda
  • We Accuse (1986)
  • The Photo of a Woman with a Boar (1987) as Paula
  • Tauriņdeja (1972) as Annas kundze
  • Klavs - The Son of Martin (1970) as Ance
  • How the Steel Was Tempered (1973) as редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
  • Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill (1972)
  • Family Album (1978) as Irma
  • Hide-and-seek (2001) as Timmere