Elza Radziņa
Elza Radziņa was a Soviet Latvian theater and cinema actress, master of the spoken word. 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. 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.Work
Stage
- 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 as Gertrude
- :lv:Purva bridējs|Purva bridējs as madam Horst.
- Viimne reliikvia as Abtiss
- The Devil's Servants as Gertrude
- Hamlet as King Lear
- The Devil's Servants at the Devil's Mill as Gertrude
- Oļegs un Aina as Aina's mother
- The Favorite as Auntie Debb Penn
- :ru:Смерть под парусом |Death by Sailing as Mrs. Tufts
- as Dolly