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Elza Radziņa
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.
Known For
The Last Relic
as Abtiss
How the Steel Was Tempered
as редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
King Lear
as Goneril
Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
The Times of the Surveyors
as Oļiņiete
Hamlet
as Gertrude
Littlefinger
as Lady-in-Waiting
Blow, Wind!
as Mother
Klavs - The Son of Martin
as Ance
