Taina Elg
Born: 1930-03-09 in Helsinki, Finland
Died: 2025-05-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2006
- Jackpot as Mrs. Skogstedt
2003
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love as Self
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour as Self - On Camera Host
1996
- The Mirror Has Two Faces as Female Professor
1994
- Don't Drink the Water as Anna Gruber
1991
- Liebestraum as Old Mother Ralston
1985
- That's Dancing! as From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Claudia Soury
1978
- The Great Wallendas as Helen Wallenda
1970
- Hercules in New York as Nemesis
1961
- The Bacchantes as Dirce
1960
- Hong Kong as Marta Neilsen
- Mission of Danger as Audrey Bonay
1959
- Watusi as Erica Neuler
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- The 39 Steps as Miss Fisher
1958
- Imitation General as Simone
1957
- Les Girls as Angèle Ducros
1955
- The Prodigal as Elissa
1943
- Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi as (uncredited)
1941
- Suomisen perhe as Child at Olli's Party (uncredited)