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Taina Elg

Taina Elg

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 09, 1930
Died May 15, 2025 (95)
Birthplace Helsinki, Finland
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Taina Elg (born 9 March 1930, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, film and television. She was born in Helsinki, but later raised in Turku by her parents, Helena Dobroumova (of Russian descent) and Åke Elg, ... a pianist. In 1957 she won the Golden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award - Female. She won another Golden Globe in 1958 for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for her performance in Les Girls, tying with her co-star Kay Kendall. In 1958 she was nominated for a Golden Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In 1975 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?. She appeared in the original Broadway production of Nine as Guido Contini's mother. From 1980-1981 she played Nicole Bonard/Olympia Buchanan, wife to Asa Buchanan, on ABC's soap opera One Life to Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taina Elg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Mirror Has Two Faces

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996

as Female Professor

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water

1994

as Anna Gruber

Liebestraum

Liebestraum

1991

as Old Mother Ralston

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

1985

as From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)

The Great Wallendas

The Great Wallendas

1978

as Helen Wallenda

Hercules in New York

Hercules in New York

1970

as Nemesis

Mission of Danger

Mission of Danger

1960

as Audrey Bonay

Watusi

Watusi

1959

as Erica Neuler

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1959

as Miss Fisher

Imitation General

Imitation General

1958

as Simone

Les Girls

Les Girls

1957

as Angèle Ducros

Gaby

Gaby

1956

as Elsa

Diane

Diane

1956

as Alys

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1955

as Elissa

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Television Credits

Hong Kong

as Marta Neilsen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 01, 1960

Murder, She Wrote

as Claudia Soury

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1959

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2024 6 8 11 3
2024 7 10 19 3
2024 8 8 17 3
2024 9 5 9 1
2024 10 4 11 2
2024 11 2 4 1
2024 12 4 8 2
2025 1 7 17 2
2025 2 3 6 1
2025 3 3 4 1
2025 5 1 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
2025 8 1 1 0

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