Taina Elg

Known for ActingBorn 1930-03-09Died 2025-05-15Helsinki, Finland

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.Read more

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

The Bell Telephone Hour

Murder, She Wrote

The Adams Chronicles

Mission of Danger

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

That's Dancing!

Gaby

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Jackpot

Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi

Imitation General

The Great Wallendas

Les Girls

The 39 Steps

Diane

Don't Drink the Water

Watusi

Liebestraum

The Bacchantes

The Prodigal

Hercules in New York

Hong Kong