Elza Radziņa

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Hamlet (1964) — Gertrude
2. King Lear (1970) — Goneril
3. Secret of the Blackbirds (1983) — miss Effie Ramsbottom
4. The Last Relic (1970) — Abtiss
5. Theatre (1978) — Dolly de Vries
6. The Photo of a Woman with a Boar (1987) — Paula
7. Favorite (1976) — Aunty Debb Penn
8. Littlefinger (1987) — Lady-in-Waiting
9. Devil's Servants (1970) — Getruda
10. Death Under Sail (1976)
11. Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill (1972)
12. Inspector Goole (1979) — Сибил Берлинг
13. How the Steel Was Tempered (1973) — редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
14. The Times of the Surveyors (1968) — Oļiņiete
15. Agent of the Secret Service (1979) — Nyaga
16. The Swamp Wader (1966) — Horsta madāma
17. The Republic of Varnu Street (1970)
18. Maija and Paija (1991) — Laima
19. Blow, Wind! (1973) — Mother
20. Sergey Ivanovich Retires (1981)
21. Death Under Sail (1977) — Mrs. Tufts
22. Tauriņdeja (1972) — Annas kundze
23. Olegs and Aina (1974)
24. Theatre (1979) — Dolly de Vries
25. Attack On The Secret Police (1976) — madame Leigne
26. Rainis (1949) — Dora
27. Rain Blues (1982)
28. Hide-and-seek (2001) — Timmere
29. We Accuse (1986)
30. The Last Visit (1984)
31. Family Album (1978) — Irma
32. The Courage to Kill (1993)
33. Klavs - The Son of Martin (1970) — Ance
34. Behind Glass Door (1978)
35. Maritime Climates (1974)
36. Defying Fate (1975)