- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 10, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
- Died
- August 18, 2005
Elza Radziņa
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.
Filmography
movieHide-and-seek
2001 · Timmere
movieThe Courage to Kill
1993
movieMaija and Paija
1991 · Laima
movieThe Photo of a Woman with a Boar
1987 · Paula
movieLittlefinger
1987 · Lady-in-Waiting
movieWe Accuse
1986
movieThe Last Visit
1984
movieSecret of the Blackbirds
1983 · miss Effie Ramsbottom
movieRain Blues
1982
movieSergey Ivanovich Retires
1981
movieInspector Goole
1979 · Сибил Берлинг
tvTheatre
1979 · Dolly de Vries
movieAgent of the Secret Service
1979 · Nyaga
movieTheatre
1978 · Dolly de Vries
movieFamily Album
1978 · Irma
movieBehind Glass Door
1978
tvDeath Under Sail
1977 · Mrs. Tufts
movieDeath Under Sail
1976
movieFavorite
1976 · Aunty Debb Penn
movieAttack On The Secret Police
1976 · madame Leigne
movieDefying Fate
1975
Olegs and Aina
movieOlegs and Aina
1974
movieMaritime Climates
1974
movieHow the Steel Was Tempered
1973 · редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
movieBlow, Wind!
1973 · Mother
movieDevil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
1972
movieTauriņdeja
1972 · Annas kundze
movieDevil's Servants
1970 · Getruda
movieKing Lear
1970 · Goneril
movieKlavs - The Son of Martin
1970 · Ance
movieThe Republic of Varnu Street
1970
movieThe Last Relic
1970 · Abtiss
movieThe Times of the Surveyors
1968 · Oļiņiete
movieThe Swamp Wader
1966 · Horsta madāma
movieHamlet
1964 · Gertrude
Rainis
movieRainis
1949 · Dora