Elza Radziņa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 10, 1917, Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
- Died
- August 18, 2005
- Movies
- 33
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2001 | Hide-and-seek | Timmere |
| 1993 | The Courage to Kill | |
| 1991 | Maija and Paija | Laima |
| 1987 | The Photo of a Woman with a Boar | Paula |
| 1987 | Little Tom Thumb | Lady-in-Waiting |
| 1986 | We Accuse | |
| 1984 | The Last Visit | |
| 1983 | Secret of the Blackbirds | miss Effie Ramsbottom |
| 1982 | Rain Blues | |
| 1981 | Sergey Ivanovich Retires | |
| 1979 | Inspector Goole | Сибил Берлинг |
| 1979 | Agent of the Secret Service | Nyaga |
| 1978 | Theatre | Dolly de Vries |
| 1978 | Family Album | Irma |
| 1978 | Behind Glass Door | |
| 1976 | Death Under Sail | |
| 1976 | Favorite | Aunty Debb Penn |
| 1976 | Attack On The Secret Police | madame Leigne |
| 1975 | Defying Fate | |
| 1974 | Olegs and Aina | |
| 1974 | Maritime Climates | |
| 1973 | Blow, Wind! | Mother |
| 1972 | Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill | |
| 1972 | Tauriņdeja | Annas kundze |
| 1970 | Devil's Servants | Getruda |
| 1970 | King Lear | Goneril |
| 1970 | Klavs - The Son of Martin | Ance |
| 1970 | The Republic of Varnu Street | |
| 1970 | The Last Relic | Abtiss |
| 1968 | The Times of the Surveyors | Oļiņiete |
| 1966 | The Swamp Wader | Horsta madāma |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Gertrude |
| 1949 | Rainis | Dora |
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