Taina Elg

Taina Elg

Birthday: 1930-03-09

Deathday: 2025-05-15

Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland

Also known as: Taina Elisabeth Elg

imdb_id: nm0253359

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

That's Dancing!

Score: 7.0

Gaby

Score: 7.0

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Score: 6.7

Les Girls

Score: 6.4

Jackpot

Score: 6.4

The 39 Steps

Score: 6.3

The Great Wallendas

Score: 6.0

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

Score: 6.0

Diane

Score: 5.8

Imitation General

Score: 5.7

Watusi

Score: 5.7

Don't Drink the Water

Score: 5.5

Liebestraum

Score: 5.4

Mission of Danger

Score: 5.0

Hercules in New York

Score: 4.1

The Prodigal

Score: 4.0

The Bacchantes

Score: 3.8

Suomisen perhe

Score: 0.0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

Score: 0.0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

The Bell Telephone Hour

Score: 7.3

Hong Kong

Score: 0.0