Elza Radziņa
Acting
Born February 10, 1917, Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
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
- 2001Hide-and-seek — Timmere
- 1993The Courage to Kill
- 1991Maija and Paija — Laima
- 1987Little Tom Thumb — Lady-in-Waiting
- 1987The Photo of a Woman with a Boar — Paula
- 1986We Accuse
- 1984The Last Visit
- 1983Secret of the Blackbirds — miss Effie Ramsbottom
- 1982Rain Blues
- 1981Sergey Ivanovich Retires
- 1979Agent of the Secret Service — Nyaga
- 1979Inspector Goole — Сибил Берлинг
- Theatre — Dolly de Vries
- 1978Behind Glass Door
- 1978Family Album — Irma
- 1978Theatre — Dolly de Vries
- Death Under Sail — Mrs. Tufts
- 1976Attack On The Secret Police — madame Leigne
- 1976Death Under Sail
- 1976Favorite — Aunty Debb Penn
- 1975Defying Fate
- 1974Maritime Climates
- 1974Olegs and Aina
- 1973Blow, Wind! — Mother
- How the Steel Was Tempered
- 1972Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
- 1972Tauriņdeja — Annas kundze
- 1970Devil's Servants — Getruda
- 1970King Lear — Goneril
- 1970Klavs - The Son of Martin — Ance
- 1970The Last Relic — Abtiss
- 1970The Republic of Varnu Street
- 1968The Times of the Surveyors — Oļiņiete
- 1966The Swamp Wader — Horsta madāma
- 1964Hamlet — Gertrude
- 1949Rainis — Dora