Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1917-02-10
Day of Death
2005-08-18
Place of Birth
Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
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.
Filmography (34)
Hide-and-seek
2001
The Courage to Kill
1993Maija and Paija
1991
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
1987
Littlefinger
1987
We Accuse
1986
The Last Visit
1984
Secret of the Blackbirds
1983
Rain Blues
1982
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981
Inspector Goole
1979
Agent of the Secret Service
1979
Theatre
1978
Family Album
1978
