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Elza Radziņa

Elza Radziņa

Actor · 1917–2005 · Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]

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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.

Acted in 35

2000s

  1. 2001

    Hide-and-seek

    Timmere

1990s

  1. 1993

    The Courage to Kill

    Movie

  2. 1991

    Maija and Paija

    Laima

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Photo of a Woman with a Boar

    Paula

  2. Little Tom Thumb

    Lady-in-Waiting

  3. 1986

    We Accuse

    Movie

  4. 1984

    The Last Visit

    Movie

  5. 1983

    Secret of the Blackbirds

    miss Effie Ramsbottom

  6. 1982
  7. 1981

    Sergey Ivanovich Retires

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1979

    Inspector Goole

    Сибил Берлинг

  2. Theatre

    Dolly de Vries · 2 episodes

  3. Agent of the Secret Service

    Nyaga

  4. 1978

    Theatre

    Dolly de Vries

  5. Family Album

    Irma

  6. 1977

    Death Under Sail

    Mrs. Tufts · 2 episodes

  7. 1976

    Death Under Sail

    Movie

  8. Favorite

    Aunty Debb Penn

  9. Attack On The Secret Police

    madame Leigne

  10. 1975

    Defying Fate

    Movie

  11. 1974

    Maritime Climates

    Movie

  12. 1973

    How the Steel Was Tempered

    TV

  13. 1972

    Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill

    Movie

  14. Tauriņdeja

    Annas kundze

  15. 1970

    Devil's Servants

    Getruda

  16. King Lear

    Goneril

  17. Klavs - The Son of Martin

    Ance

  18. The Republic of Varnu Street

    Movie

  19. The Last Relic

    Abtiss

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Times of the Surveyors

    Oļiņiete

  2. 1966
  3. 1964

    Hamlet

    Gertrude

1940s

  1. 1949

    Rainis

    Dora