Elza Radziņa

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Elza Radziņa

Acting February 10, 1917

Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]

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 receive…

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Hamlet

Hamlet

7.2 1964 Movie
Blow, Wind!

Blow, Wind!

4.0 1973 Movie
The Last Relic

The Last Relic

6.4 1970 Movie
The Swamp Wader

The Swamp Wader

5.2 1966 Movie
Rain Blues

Rain Blues

6.0 1982 Movie
King Lear

King Lear

6.7 1970 Movie
Secret of the Blackbirds

Secret of the Blackbirds

6.7 1983 Movie
Theatre

Theatre

6.3 1978 Movie
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar

The Photo of a Woman with a Boar

4.0 1987 Movie
The Times of the Surveyors

The Times of the Surveyors

6.0 1968 Movie
Theatre

Theatre

5.5 1979 TV Show
Little Tom Thumb

Little Tom Thumb

4.9 1987 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2001
    Hide-and-seek

    Movie Timmere

  2. 1993
    The Courage to Kill

    Movie

  3. 1991
    Maija and Paija

    Movie Laima

  4. 1987
    The Photo of a Woman with a Boar

    Movie Paula

  5. 1987
    Little Tom Thumb

    Movie Lady-in-Waiting

  6. 1986
    We Accuse

    Movie

  7. 1984
    The Last Visit

    Movie

  8. 1983
    Secret of the Blackbirds

    Movie miss Effie Ramsbottom

  9. 1982
    Rain Blues

    Movie

  10. 1981
    Sergey Ivanovich Retires

    Movie

  11. 1979
    Inspector Goole

    Movie Сибил Берлинг

  12. 1979
    Theatre

    TV show Dolly de Vries

  13. 1979
    Agent of the Secret Service

    Movie Nyaga

  14. 1978
    Theatre

    Movie Dolly de Vries

  15. 1978
    Family Album

    Movie Irma

  16. 1978
    Behind Glass Door

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1977
    Death Under Sail

    TV show Mrs. Tufts

  2. 1976
    Death Under Sail

    Movie

  3. 1976
    Favorite

    Movie Aunty Debb Penn

  4. 1976
    Attack On The Secret Police

    Movie madame Leigne

  5. 1975
    Defying Fate

    Movie

  6. 1974
    Olegs and Aina

    Movie

  7. 1974
    Maritime Climates

    Movie

  8. 1973
    How the Steel Was Tempered

    Movie редактор газеты Ирина Александровна

  9. 1973
    Blow, Wind!

    Movie Mother

  10. 1972
    Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill

    Movie

  11. 1972
    Tauriņdeja

    Movie Annas kundze

  12. 1970
    Devil's Servants

    Movie Getruda

  13. 1970
    King Lear

    Movie Goneril

  14. 1970
    Klavs - The Son of Martin

    Movie Ance

  15. 1970
    The Republic of Varnu Street

    Movie

  16. 1970
    The Last Relic

    Movie Abtiss

  17. 1968
    The Times of the Surveyors

    Movie Oļiņiete

  18. 1966
    The Swamp Wader

    Movie Horsta madāma

  19. 1964
    Hamlet

    Movie Gertrude

  20. 1949
    Rainis

    Movie Dora