Taina Elg

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Helsinki, Finland, 1930-03-09

Died: 2025-05-15

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Suomisen perhe	Child at Olli's Party (uncredited)	0
2	1943	Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi	(uncredited)	60
3	1955	The Prodigal	Elissa	40
4	1956	Diane	Alys	58
5	1956	Gaby	Elsa	70
6	1957	Les Girls	Angèle Ducros	64
7	1958	Imitation General	Simone	57
8	1959	The 39 Steps	Miss Fisher	62
9	1959	Watusi	Erica Neuler	57
10	1960	Mission of Danger	Audrey Bonay	50
11	1961	The Bacchantes	Dirce	38
12	1970	Hercules in New York	Nemesis	41
13	1978	The Great Wallendas	Helen Wallenda	60
14	1985	That's Dancing!	From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)	70
15	1991	Liebestraum	Old Mother Ralston	54
16	1994	Don't Drink the Water	Anna Gruber	55
17	1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Female Professor	67
18	2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour	Self - On Camera Host	0
19	2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love	Self	0
20	2006	Jackpot	Mrs. Skogstedt	64

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
2	1960	Hong Kong	Marta Neilsen	0
3	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Claudia Soury	75

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