Actor

Elza Radziņa

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Movies: 32Series: 2

TMDB ID: 47428

IMDb ID: nm0705952

Known for: Acting

Born: February 10, 1917

Died: August 18, 2005

Age: 88

Place of birth: Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2001

Years active: 38

Average TMDB rating: 6.84

Wikidata: Q2451562

Also known as

Elza Radzina • Эльза Радзиня • Elza Radziņa • Радзиня Эльза Яновна • Elza Šalkone-Radziņa

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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.