Elza Radziņa
Born: 1917-02-10
• Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
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.
Filmography
Hide-and-seek
The Courage to Kill
Maija and Paija
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
Littlefinger
We Accuse
The Last Visit
Secret of the Blackbirds
Rain Blues
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Inspector Goole
Agent of the Secret Service
Theatre
Family Album
Behind Glass Door
Death Under Sail
Favorite
Attack On The Secret Police
Defying Fate
No Image
Olegs and Aina
Maritime Climates
How the Steel Was Tempered
Blow, Wind!
Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
Tauriņdeja
Devil's Servants
King Lear
Klavs - The Son of Martin
The Republic of Varnu Street
The Last Relic
The Times of the Surveyors
The Swamp Wader
Hamlet
No Image
Rainis