Taina Elg

Taina Elg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Taina Elg (born 9 March 1930, Helsinki, Finland) is 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.

  • Title: Taina Elg
  • Popularity: 2.762
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-03-09
  • Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
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  • Also Known As: Taina Elisabeth Elg
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Taina Elg Movies

  • 1970
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    Hercules in New York

    Hercules in New York

    4.122 1970 HD

    Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.

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  • 1959
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    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    6.2 1959 HD

    In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

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  • 1957
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    Les Girls

    Les Girls

    6.4 1957 HD

    After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer...

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  • 1943
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    Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

    Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

    6 1943 HD

    Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews....

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  • 1956
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    Gaby

    Gaby

    7 1956 HD

    A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II.

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  • 1959
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    Watusi

    Watusi

    5.7 1959 HD

    Following WWI, fortune hunter Allen Quartermain's son Harry travels to Africa to search for King Solomon's mines. He dons a special medallion given...

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  • 1991
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    Liebestraum

    Liebestraum

    5.7 1991 HD

    A man returns to his hometown and a series of dark secrets are revealed.

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  • 1960
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    Mission of Danger

    Mission of Danger

    5 1960 HD

    After his Rangers are caught during a raid, a major must infiltrate the French army to save his men.

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  • 1956
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    Diane

    Diane

    5.7 1956 HD

    Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.

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  • 1958
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    Imitation General

    Imitation General

    5.7 1958 HD

    An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to victory.

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  • 1961
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    The Bacchantes

    The Bacchantes

    3.8 1961 HD

    The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes. Dionysus wants to be the worshiped by the masses, but the kingdom is suffering a...

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  • 1978
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    The Great Wallendas

    The Great Wallendas

    6 1978 HD

    Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that...

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  • 2003
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    Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

    Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

    1 2003 HD

    This documentary short subject for DVD gives a look at the making of Cole Porter's MGM classic, "Les Girls". Hosted by Finnish film legend and star...

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  • 2003
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    Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

    Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

    1 2003 HD

    A short documentary about the making of the 1956 film, High Society. Hosted by Celeste Holm.

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  • 1994
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    Don't Drink the Water

    Don't Drink the Water

    5.6 1994 HD

    Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset...

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  • 2006
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    Jackpot

    Jackpot

    6.4 2006 HD

    Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot...

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  • 1941
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    Suomisen perhe

    Suomisen perhe

    1 1941 HD

    The film takes place in the summer and spring of 1940. Isä, the father, gets involved in the stock market and threatens the livelihood of the...

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  • 1996
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    The Mirror Has Two Faces

    The Mirror Has Two Faces

    6.674 1996 HD

    Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a...

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  • 1955
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    The Prodigal

    The Prodigal

    4 1955 HD

    A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the...

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  • 1985
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    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    7 1985 HD

    A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

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  • 1960
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    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    1 1960 HD

    Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian...

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  • 1959
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    The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

    6 1959 HD

    “The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.582 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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