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Taina Elg is a Actor Finlandaise born on 9 march 1930 at Helsinki (Finlande)

Taina Elg

Taina Elg
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Nationality Finlande
Birth 9 march 1930 (94 years) at Helsinki (Finlande)

Taina Elg (born 9 March 1930) is a Finnish-American actress and dancer. She has appeared on stage, television and in film.

Biography

Her son by her first marriage to Carl Björkenheim, which ended in divorce in 1958, is Finnish-American jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim. In 1982 she remarried, to Rocco Caporale, an Italian-born educator and professor of sociology. They resided in New York City.




Filmography
The Prodigal (1955)
Diane (1956)
Gaby (1956)
Les Girls (1957)
Imitation General (1958)
The 39 Steps (1959)
Watusi (1959)
The Bacchantes (1961)
Hercules in New York (1970)
Liebestraum (1991)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Stage appearances
Look to the Lilies
Nine
Where's Charley?
The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall
A Little Night Music (in Australia)
Chéri by Colette off-Broadway, New York 1989
References


External links
Taina Elg fan site
Taina Elg at the Internet Movie Database
Taina Elg at Yahoo! Movies
Soap Central character brief
vteGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Judy Holliday (1950)
June Allyson (1951)
Susan Hayward (1952)
Ethel Merman (1953)
Judy Garland (1954)
Jean Simmons (1955)
Deborah Kerr (1956)
Kay Kendall / Taina Elg (1957)
Rosalind Russell (1958)
Marilyn Monroe (1959)
Shirley MacLaine (1960)
Rosalind Russell (1961)
Rosalind Russell (1962)
Shirley MacLaine (1963)
Julie Andrews (1964)
Julie Andrews (1965)
Lynn Redgrave (1966)
Anne Bancroft (1967)
Barbra Streisand (1968)
Patty Duke (1969)
Carrie Snodgress (1970)
Twiggy (1971)
Liza Minnelli (1972)
Glenda Jackson (1973)
Raquel Welch (1974)
Ann-Margret (1975)
Barbra Streisand (1976)
Diane Keaton/Marsha Mason (1977)
Ellen Burstyn/Maggie Smith (1978)
Bette Midler (1979)
Sissy Spacek (1980)
Bernadette Peters (1981)
Julie Andrews (1982)
Julie Walters (1983)
Kathleen Turner (1984)
Kathleen Turner (1985)
Sissy Spacek (1986)
Cher (1987)
Melanie Griffith (1988)
Jessica Tandy (1989)
Julia Roberts (1990)
Bette Midler (1991)
Miranda Richardson (1992)
Angela Bassett (1993)
Jamie Lee Curtis (1994)
Nicole Kidman (1995)
Madonna (1996)
Helen Hunt (1997)
Gwyneth Paltrow (1998)
Janet McTeer (1999)
Renée Zellweger (2000)
Nicole Kidman (2001)
Renée Zellweger (2002)
Diane Keaton (2003)
Annette Bening (2004)
Reese Witherspoon (2005)
Meryl Streep (2006)
Marion Cotillard (2007)
Sally Hawkins (2008)
Meryl Streep (2009)
Annette Bening (2010)
Michelle Williams (2011)
Jennifer Lawrence (2012)
Amy Adams (2013)
Amy Adams (2014)

Best films

Les Girls (1957)
(Actress)

Usually with

Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
(1 films)
Henry Grace
Henry Grace
(3 films)
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Taina Elg (15 films)

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Actress

The Mirror Has Two Faces, 2h6
Directed by Barbra Streisand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vaccaro
Roles Female Professor
Rating66% 3.300383.300383.300383.300383.30038
Rose Morgan (Streisand), a shy, plain, middle-aged English literature professor at Columbia University, shares a home with her vain, overbearing mother Hannah (Bacall). Her attractive sister Claire (Rogers) starts making preparations for her third wedding to Alex (Brosnan), who used to date Rose, so she begins to feel her loveless life is empty.
Don't Drink the Water, 1h32
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael J. Fox, Woody Allen, Mayim Bialik, Dom DeLuise, Julie Kavner, Edward Herrmann
Roles Anna Gruber
Rating61% 3.0938053.0938053.0938053.0938053.093805
1961 à Moscou, en pleine Guerre froide. L'ambassadeur des États-Unis, Magee, se prépare à regagner Washington. Il confie à son fils Alex le soin de diriger l'ambassade en son absence. Sitôt parti, Walter Hollander, un touriste américain, débarque avec sa femme Marion et sa fille Susan : ils sont poursuivis par la police soviétique pour avoir photographié des sites « sensibles » et demandent l'asile politique. Alex Magee s'avère vite incompétent et dépassé par les évènements.
Liebestraum, 1h52
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak, Graham Beckel, Karen Sillas
Roles Old Mother Ralston
Rating59% 2.9500652.9500652.9500652.9500652.950065
The story follows two affairs, a generation apart. Nick (Kevin Anderson), a professor of architecture in upstate New York, comes to an Illinois town to be with his birth mother (Kim Novak) in the final days of her illness; he was adopted and has never met her before. On the first day, he runs into Paul (Bill Pullman), a college friend, whose construction company is demolishing an old, downtown department store where a murder-suicide happened 30 years before. The building is a beautiful cast-iron construction, so Nick wants to study it before the demolition. Paul introduces Nick to his wife, Jane (Pamela Gidley), a photographer who wants to portray the same building. Over the next four days, Nick and Jane's attraction grows, as Nick explores the old building, attends his mother's bedside, and unravels the truth that links both of them with the developing events in his and Jane's life.
Hercules in New York, 1h31
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen, Ernest Graves, Merwin Goldsmith, Rudy Bond
Roles Nemesis
Rating33% 1.656761.656761.656761.656761.65676
Hercules, at Olympus, berates his father Zeus for not allowing him to leave the gods' abode to adventure on earth. Eventually Zeus sends Hercules, on a beam, to the land of men.
The Bacchantes
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Taina Elg, Pierre Brice, Alessandra Panaro, Alberto Lupo, Akim Tamiroff, Erno Crisa
Roles Dirce
Rating52% 2.631542.631542.631542.631542.63154
Le royaume de Thèbes est frappé d'une terrible sécheresse qui, selon Tirésias l'aveugle, est une punition que les Dieux infligent aux Thébéens pour avoir interdit le culte de Dionysos au profit de celui de Demeter. Panthée, roi de Thèbes, se laisse convaincre par sa femme de sacrifier Manto, fille vierge de Tirésias, pour apaiser les Dieux.
Mission of Danger, 1h20
Directed by Jacques Tourneur, George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Historical, Western
Actors Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Taina Elg, Philip Tonge, Alan Hale Jr., Patrick Macnee
Roles Audrey Bonay
Rating52% 2.6319452.6319452.6319452.6319452.631945
Le Major Rogers et ses hommes sont chargés de passer derrière les lignes françaises pour retrouver un espion anglais qui cherchait un nouveau passage à travers les montagnes.
The 39 Steps, 1h33
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda De Banzie, Barbara Steele, James Hayter, Barry Jones
Roles Miss Fisher
Rating64% 3.246923.246923.246923.246923.24692
Coming to the assistance of a nanny who is almost killed during a bungled hit-and-run assassination attempt, Richard Hannay (More) is surprised to find that there is no baby in her pram. Curious, he meets her at the Palace Music Hall where she has gone to see the act of Mr Memory (James Hayter). Afterwards, she goes back to Hannay's flat with him, where she reveals that she is a spy working for British Intelligence following a group called "The Thirty-Nine Steps"; all they know about their elusive leader is that he is missing the tip of a finger. The Thirty-Nine Steps are in possession of a set of top-secret plans for "Boomerang", a British ballistic missile project that could tip the balance of power in Europe. She tells Hannay that she must leave for Scotland immediately, but while Hannay is out of the room, she is killed by two hitmen.
Watusi
Watusi (1959)
, 1h25
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar, Rex Ingram, Dan Seymour
Roles Erica Neuler
Rating55% 2.761492.761492.761492.761492.76149
Harry Quartermain (George Montgomery) is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth, and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb (David Farrar) and as they continue on their journey, Erica Neuler (Taina Elg) joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German, and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I.
Imitation General, 1h28
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Taina Elg, Dean Jones, Kent Smith, Tige Andrews
Roles Simone
Rating64% 3.246143.246143.246143.246143.24614
In the aftermath of a big battle during World War II, Brigadier General Charles Lane (Kent Smith), Master Sergeant Murphy "Murph" Savage (Glenn Ford) and Corporal Chan Derby (Red Buttons) find themselves cut off. The general takes over a farmhouse belonging to annoyed Frenchwoman Simone (Taina Elg). Lane determines that there is a gap in the lines and decides to organize a defense from whatever stragglers he can gather together. Shortly afterwards however, he is killed saving Murph's life.
Les Girls
Les Girls (1957)
, 1h49
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips
Roles Angèle Ducros
Rating65% 3.2968353.2968353.2968353.2968353.296835
En Angleterre, Lady Sybil Wren - épouse de Sir Gerald Wren - publie ses mémoires : avant son mariage, elle faisait partie d'une troupe de « Girls » dirigée par le chorégraphe Barry Nichols. Une autre ancienne membre de cette troupe, Angèle Ducros, lui intente un procès en diffamation. Lors des débats, chacune expose sa version des faits. Retour en arrière : Sybil et Angèle sont, avec Joy Henderson, les vedettes d'un spectacle en tournée de Nichols…
Gaby
Gaby (1956)
, 1h36
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke, Ruta Lee, Taina Elg, Margalo Gillmore
Roles Elsa
Rating60% 3.001083.001083.001083.001083.00108
Gaby (Caron) is a ballet dancer in 1944 London who runs into corporal Gregory Wendell (Kerr) while rushing to catch the bus. Greg is mesmerized by Gaby and goes to the ballet to see her on stage, but Gaby wants nothing to do with Greg. He persists, and by the end of the day, she agrees to marry him.
Diane
Diane (1956)
, 1h50
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore, Marisa Pavan, Cedric Hardwicke, Torin Thatcher
Roles Alys
Rating60% 3.0482953.0482953.0482953.0482953.048295
The action is set in 16th-century France. Diane de Poitiers (Lana Turner) becomes the mistress of Prince Henri (Roger Moore), second in line to the throne. Their liaison continues through Henri's arranged marriage to the Italian Catherine de' Medici (Marisa Pavan). Unknown to Catherine, her Medici relations arrange the death of the Dauphin and Henri's ascent to the throne as King Henry II. The antagonism of the two women, abetted by Medici scheming, eventually results in the death of Henri. Catherine, now ruling as regent for her three young sons, banishes Diane but spares her rival's life in a gesture of mutual respect.
The Prodigal, 1h52
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Joseph Wiseman, James Mitchell, Francis L. Sullivan
Roles Elissa
Rating52% 2.607372.607372.607372.607372.60737
The story is loosely based on Jesus Christ's parable of the prodigal son, from the Biblical New Testament Gospels, although considerable liberties are taken with the source material, chief among them being the addition of a female lead in the form of the high priestess of Astarte, Samarra (Turner). Micah (Purdom), a young Hebrew farm boy, sees Samarra and says he will have her. He demands that his father give him his inheritance and journeys to the city of Damascus. There Samarra seduces him into losing his inheritance and betraying his religious faith. Enduring a number of difficulties, Micah finally realizes where he belongs and returns home to his father, who forgives Michael all of his sins and orders a lavish celebration of his return.
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi, 1h50
Genres Historical, Romance
Actors Regina Linnanheimo, Leif Wager, Elsa E. Rantalainen, Kaisu Leppänen, Liisa Nevalainen, Taina Elg
Roles (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0958353.0958353.0958353.0958353.095835
The story begins in the year 1860. The young Count of Munkkiniemi, Mauritz Armborg, and Katariina, the daughter of a farmhand on the estate of the Count's family, are attracted to each other. However, the count's grandmother, Yvonne Armborg, objects to the romance and tries to obstruct it. Elias Jahnukainen, a fisherman, is himself in love with Katariina and wants to marry her, but she has demurred at his marriage proposals to date. Count Mauritz dreams of making a career as a violinist and wants to study music abroad. To try to divert Katariina away from her grandson, Countess Yvonne offers to finance Katariina's dowry if she is willing to marry Elias. In addition, Countess Yvonne introduces the young count to Ingeborg Liliecrona. However, Mauritz is not attracted to Ingeborg.