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.
20 movies · 4 shows
Jackpot
2006·6.5
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003·7.0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003·9.0
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996·6.7
Don't Drink the Water
1994·5.5
Liebestraum
1991·5.4
That's Dancing!
1985·6.9
The Great Wallendas
1978·6.3
Hercules in New York
1970·4.1
The Bacchantes
1961·5.3
Mission of Danger
1960·7.5
Watusi
1959·5.8
The 39 Steps
1959·6.3
Imitation General
1958·6.6
Les Girls
1957·6.4
Gaby
1956·7.3
Diane
1956·6.0
The Prodigal
1955·4.6
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
1943·7.0
Suomisen perhe
1941·10.0