Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 09, 1930
Died
May 15, 2025
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Credits
24 titles
Taina Elg
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.
Known For
Filmography
Jackpot
Mrs. Skogstedt
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
Self - On Camera Host
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Female Professor
Don't Drink the Water
Anna Gruber
Liebestraum
Old Mother Ralston
That's Dancing!
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
Claudia Soury
The Great Wallendas
Helen Wallenda
The Adams Chronicles
Comtesse de Vergennes
Hercules in New York
Nemesis
The Bacchantes
Dirce
Hong Kong
Marta Neilsen
Mission of Danger
Audrey Bonay
Watusi
Erica Neuler
The 39 Steps
Miss Fisher
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Imitation General
Simone
Les Girls
Angèle Ducros
Gaby
Elsa
Diane
Alys
The Prodigal
Elissa
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
(uncredited)
Suomisen perhe
Child at Olli's Party (uncredited)