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
Hamlet
as Gertrude
King Lear
as Goneril
The Last Relic
as Abtiss
Secret of the Blackbirds
as miss Effie Ramsbottom
Theatre
as Dolly de Vries
The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
as Paula
Favorite
as Aunty Debb Penn
Littlefinger
as Lady-in-Waiting
Devil's Servants
as Getruda
Inspector Goole
as Сибил Берлинг
How the Steel Was Tempered
as редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
The Times of the Surveyors
as Oļiņiete
Agent of the Secret Service
as Nyaga
The Swamp Wader
as Horsta madāma
Maija and Paija
as Laima
Blow, Wind!
as Mother
