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Taina Elg
Helsinki, Finland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Taina Elg (born 9 March 1930, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, film and television.…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Taina Elg (born 9 March 1930, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, film and television. She was born in Helsinki, but later raised in Turku by her parents, Helena Dobroumova (of Russian descent) and Åke Elg, a pianist. In 1957 she won the Golden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award - Female. She won another Golden Globe in 1958 for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for her performance in Les Girls, tying with her co-star Kay Kendall. In 1958 she was nominated for a Golden Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In 1975 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?. She appeared in the original Broadway production of Nine as Guido Contini's mother. From 1980-1981 she played Nicole Bonard/Olympia Buchanan, wife to Asa Buchanan, on ABC's soap opera One Life to Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taina Elg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2006
Jackpot
Movie Mrs. Skogstedt
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2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Movie Self
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2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
Movie Self - On Camera Host
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1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie Female Professor
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1994
Don't Drink the Water
Movie Anna Gruber
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1991
Liebestraum
Movie Old Mother Ralston
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1985
That's Dancing!
Movie From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Claudia Soury
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1978
The Great Wallendas
Movie Helen Wallenda
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1976
The Adams Chronicles
TV show Comtesse de Vergennes
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1970
Hercules in New York
Movie Nemesis
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1961
The Bacchantes
Movie Dirce
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1960
Hong Kong
TV show Marta Neilsen
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1960
Mission of Danger
Movie Audrey Bonay
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1959
Watusi
Movie Erica Neuler
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1959
The 39 Steps
Movie Miss Fisher
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1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV show Self
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1958
Imitation General
Movie Simone
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1957
Les Girls
Movie Angèle Ducros
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1956
Gaby
Movie Elsa
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1956
Diane
Movie Alys
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1955
The Prodigal
Movie Elissa
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1943
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
Movie (uncredited)
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1941
Suomisen perhe
Movie Child at Olli's Party (uncredited)
