Leading Ladies Tiana Elg
Tiana Elg is a Finnish-American actress.
She was born at Impilahti, Finland in 1930..
Ms. Elg was raised in Turku by her parents. Her father was a pianist and her mother Helena Dobroumova was of Russian descent.
In the mid 1950's she was signed to a film contract for seven years by M G M.
She won in 1957 the Golden Globe for The Foreign Newcomer Award and in 1958 she won another Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical Comedy for her role in Les Girls, tying with her co star Kay Kendall.
In 1975 she was nominated for a Tony Ward for her performance as Donna D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?
Also on Broadway she appeared in the original production of Nine as Guido Contini's mother. In 1989 she appeared as Lea in Cheri based on a novel by Anitga Loos.
Ms. Elg appeared on two soap operas on TV. They were: were:
Guiding Light as Dr Ingrid Fisher (1980)
One Life To Live as Olympia Buchanan (1980-1982)
The film roles of Tiana Elg were:
The Prodigal (1955) as Elissa
Diane (1956) as Alys
Gaby (1956) as Elisa
Les Girls (1956) as Angele Ducros
Imitation General (1958) as Simione
The 39 Steps (1959) as Fisher
Watusi (1959) as Erica Neuler
Bondage Gladiator Sexy (1961) as Dirce
Juhlat Iinassa (1966-TV) as Isabelle
Hercules In New York (1970) as Nemeses
The Adams Chronicles (1976-TV Miniseries) as Contesse de Vergennes
The Great Wallandas (1978-TV) as Helen Wallenda
Liebestraum (1991) as Old Mother Ralston
Don't Drink The water (1994-TV) as Anna Gruber
The Mirror Has Two faces (1996) as Female Professor
Kummelin Jackpot (2006) as Mrs. Skogstedt
Ms. Elg has appeared on television in such programs as Northwest Passage, Wagon Train, Hong Kong, The Real McCoys, It Takes A Thief, One Life To Live, The Andros Targets, Loving, and Murder She Wrote,
She has been married twice.
Her first husband was Carl Bjorkenheim and the marriage lasted from 1953 to 1958. The marriage ended in divorce and produced one son. He is the Finnish-American jazz Guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim.
The second marriage was to Rocco Coporale which lasted from 1982 his death in 2008.
I enjoyed this actress in the films The Prodigal, Watusi, The 39 Steps an Imitation General.
Louis The Movie Buff