Elza Radziņa (10 February 1917 – 18 August 2005) was a Soviet Latvian theater and cinema actress, and a master of the spoken word (reader). She received People's Artist of the USSR award in 1976 and the Order of the Three Stars in 1995.
She studied at the Jelgava Theater Studio in 1942. After World War II, she worked at the Jelgava Drama theater (1945-1953). She briefly worked at the Valmiera Drama Theatre, but from 1954, she worked at the Latvian National Theatre, where she became one of its leading actresses.
In 1949, she made her debut in the biographical drama film "Rainis," produced by the Riga Film Studio.
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Work
Stage
Source:
1958: Filumēna Martorano as Filumēna
1962: Mīļais Melis as Stella Kempbela
1969: Vasara Noānā as baroness Orora Didevāna
1971: Lilioms as Muškātne
1972: Paši pūta, paši dega as Auguste Biezais
1975: Fedra as Fedra
1980: Mērnieku laiki as Annuža
1987: Lampu drudzis as Dotija Otlija
1990: Bezkaunīgie veči as Zuzanna Bertolde
1996: Zaļā zeme as Līču māte
1998: Pilnos auļos as Diāna Vrīlande
Filmography
Hamlet (1964) as Gertrude
Purva bridējs (1996) as Madam Horst.
Viimne reliikvia (1969) as Abtiss
The Devil's Servants (1970) as Gertrude
King Lear (1971) as Goneril
The Devil's Servants at the Devil's Mill (1972) as Gertrude
Oļegs un Aina (1973) as Aina's mother
The Favorite (1976) as Auntie Debb Penn
Death by Sailing (1976) as Mrs. Tufts
Teātris (1978) as Dolly