Elza Radzina

Born: 1917-02-10

Elza Radziņa (1917, Kharkiv, Russian Empire — 2005, Riga, Latvia) was a Soviet 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.


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King Lear

as Goneril
Released: 1970-12-15

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...

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The Times of the Surveyors

as Oļiņiete
Released: 1968-01-01

Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry...

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Secret of the Blackbirds

as Miss Ramsbotten
Released: 1983-11-11

Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been...

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The Last Relic

as Abtiss
Released: 1970-03-23

A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of...

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Rain Blues

as uncredited
Released: 1982-12-20

A lonely thirty year-old woman lives in a small apartment on the edge of town. She meets a man,...

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Hamlet

as Gertrude
Released: 1964-06-24

Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best...

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Blow, Wind!

as Mother
Released: 1973-09-01

Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian...

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The Swamp Wader

as Horsta madāma
Released: 1966-07-13

In this film, set in Latvia in the late 19th century, Edgars, the coachman of Alaine Manor,...

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Littlefinger

as First count leady
Released: 1987-01-03

Little Tom Thumb's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little...

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The Courage to Kill

as uncredited
Released: 1993-08-16

Erik lives by night. He works in a nightclub and occasionally dresses up as a woman to rob rich...

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Devil's Servants

as Getruda
Released: 1970-12-30

Three brave Latvian guys - Andris, Peter and Ermanis - justice, friendship and love for the...

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Theatre

as Dolly
Released: 1978-10-15

Human attempts to understand why when acting they are all going through the heart, but in real...

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Death Under Sail

as uncredited
Released: 1976-06-06

Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When...

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How the Steel Was Tempered

as редактор газеты Ирина Александровна
Released: 1973-11-03

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Family Album

as Irma
Released: 1978-01-04

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Inspector Goole

as Сибил Берлинг
Released: 1979-09-13

Sudden arrival of a police inspector in the middle of a bourgeois family's dinner party reveals...

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Hide-and-seek

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-01

A young woman, Regina, has been killed in her apartment. Investigator Anderson holds Regina’s...

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Agent of the Secret Service

as Nyaga
Released: 1979-03-25

Musician Stefan meets a young attractive woman Lidia. Stefan is going on tour to Austria, and...

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Attack On The Secret Police

as madame Leigne
Released: 1976-04-12

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The Photo of a Woman with a Boar

as Paula
Released: 1987-07-12

The 1980s. Kārlis did his military service in Afghanistan and is now confined to a wheelchair....

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Maritime Climates

as uncredited
Released: 1974-01-01

The colourful musical comedy Maritime Climates could have been a triumph of smart political...

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Tauriņdeja

as Annas kundze
Released: 1971-02-19

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Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill

as uncredited
Released: 1972-07-12

The 30-year war still goes on. Riga headmasters have decided to submit themselves to mercy of...

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Favorit

as Aunty Debb Penn
Released: 1976-06-01

Alan York is a race horse jockey who sees his friend and chief rival jockey fall to his death...

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The Republic of Varnu Street

as uncredited
Released: 1970-11-09

Children of Varnu Street whose fathers work in nearby factories face the "Tuliana Empire" - a...

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Maija and Paija

as Laima
Released: 1990-01-01

Fairytale of the the good girl and the bad girl, who gets the prince?

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Klavs - The Son of Martin

as Ance
Released: 1970-12-07

The son of Martins Viksna, the collective farm chairman, Klavs comes home from the military...

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Смерть под парусом

as Mrs. Tufts
First aired: 1976-04-09

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Театр

as Dolli de Friz
First aired: 1979-03-31

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