Elza Radziņa (10 February 1917 – 18 August 2005) was a Soviet Latvian theater and cinema actress, and a master of the

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(reader). She received

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award in 1976 and the

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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

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, where she became one of its leading actresses. In 1949, she made her debut in the biographical drama film "

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," produced by the Riga Film Studio.

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

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'' (1964) as GertrudeSvinīgi atklāj Elzas Radziņas kapa pieminekli

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2007 *'' Purva bridējs'' (1996) as Madam Horst. *'' Viimne reliikvia'' (1969) as Abtiss *'' The Devil's Servants'' (1970) as Gertrude *''

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'' (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 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radzina, Elza 1917 births 2005 deaths Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Latvian film actresses Latvian stage actresses 20th-century Latvian actresses Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples People's Artists of the USSR Spoken word artists Burials at Forest Cemetery, Riga