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Finnish-American actress and dancer (born 1930)
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Taina Elg
Elg at Midnight Sun Film (16 June 2012)
BornTaina Elisabeth Elg
(1930-03-09) 9 March 1930 (age 94)
Helsinki, Finland
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupation(s)Actress, dancer
Years active1941–2006
Spouses
Carl-Gustav Björkenheim
​ ​(m. 1953; div. 1960)​
Rocco Caporale
​ ​(m. 1985; died 2008)​
ChildrenRaoul Björkenheim
Parent(s)Helena Dobroumova
Åke Elg (né Ludwig)

Taina Elisabeth Elg (born 9 March 1930) is a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared 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 (who was of Russian descent). She was signed to a seven-year contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-1950s. 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 1959, she starred alongside Kenneth More in The 39 Steps. 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. In 1989, she had the title role as Lea in Chéri, from a Colette novel as adapted by Anita Loos. In 1980, she played Dr. Ingrid Fischer on CBS daytime drama soap opera Guiding Light. From 1980–82, she played Olympia Buchanan, 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 by 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 lives in New York City.

Filmography

Taina Elg in 1955.

Stage appearances

References

  1. "Interview with a Finnish-American acting legend, Taina Elg". 19 September 2018.
  2. "Interview with a Finnish-American acting legend, Taina Elg". Finland Center Foundation. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  3. Toiviainen, Sakari (2003). "Elg, Taina (1930–)". Suomen kansallisbiografia 2. Studia Biographica, 3 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 540. ISBN 951-746-443-6. ISSN 1456-2138.
  4. "Interview with a Finnish-American acting legend, Taina Elg". Finland Center Foundation. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  5. On Stage; New York Times; April 28, 1989
  6. Finlands ridderskaps och adels kalender 1992, p. 92. Esbo 1991. ISBN 951-9417-26-5
  7. "Interview with a Finnish-American acting legend, Taina Elg". Finland Center Foundation. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

External links

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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1976–2000
2001–present
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