Taina Elg
| Taina Elg | |
.jpg) Taina Elg (ca, 1955) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Mar 9, 1930 (age 95) Helsinki, Finland |
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| Parents: | Helena Dobroumova Åke Elg (né Ludwig) |
| Children: | Raoul Björkenheim |
| Occupation: | Actress (1941–2006) |
| Website: | http://www.esmeforever.com |
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Taina Elisabeth Elg (born March 9, 1930) is a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has performed on stage, television, and in film.
Career
Elg was born in 1930 in Helsinki, and raised in Turku by her parents, Åke Elg (né Ludwig), a Finnish pianist, and Helena Doroumova (of Russian descent). She signed a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-1950s. In 1957, she won the Golden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award – Female. The following year, 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 1959, she starred alongside Kenneth More in The 39 Steps. In 1975, she received a Tony Award nomination 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. In 1989, she played the title role of Lea in Chéri, based on a Colette novel and adapted by Anita Loos. In 1980, she portrayed Dr. Ingrid Fischer on the CBS daytime drama soap opera "Guiding Light". From 1980 to 82, she played Olympia Buchanan, the first wife of tycoon Asa Buchanan, on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live". Her character, held prisoner by Asa for months, had a memorable death sequence, falling over a balcony at a costume party.
Personal life
Her son from her first marriage to Carl-Gustav Björkenheim, which ended in divorce in 1960, is Finnish-American jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim. In 1985, Elg married Rocco Caporale, an Italian-born educator and professor of sociology. She resides in New York City.
Filmography
- Wikipedia article: Taina Elg Filmography
Stage appearances
- Wikipedia article: Taina Elg Stage appearances
External links
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Taina_Elg ]
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