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| Born | Taina Elisabeth Elg (1930-03-09)9 March 1930 Helsinki, Finland |
| Died | 15 May 2025(2025-05-15) (aged 95) Helsinki, Finland |
| Citizenship | United States and Finland |
| Occupations | Actress, dancer |
| Years active | 1941–2006 |
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| Children | Raoul Björkenheim |
Taina Elisabeth Elg (9 March 1930 – 15 May 2025) was a Finnish and American actress and dancer. She appeared on stage, television and in film.
Elg was born on 9 March 1930 inHelsinki,[1][2] and raised inTurku by her parents, Åke Elg (né Ludwig), a Finnish pianist, and Helena Doroumova (who was ofRussian descent).[3] She was signed to a seven-year contract toMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-1950s. In 1957, she won theGolden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award – Female. She won another Golden Globe in 1958 forBest Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy for her performance inLes Girls, tying with her co-star,Kay Kendall.[4]
In 1958, she was nominated for aGolden Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In 1959, she starred alongsideKenneth More inThe 39 Steps.[5]
In 1975, she was nominated for aTony Award for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez inWhere's Charley?. She appeared in the original Broadway production ofNine as Guido Contini's mother. In 1989, she had the title role as Lea inChéri, from aColette novel as adapted byAnita Loos.[6] In 1980, she played Dr. Ingrid Fischer onCBS daytime drama soap operaGuiding Light. From 1980 to 1982, she playedOlympia Buchanan, first wife of tycoonAsa Buchanan, on theABC soap operaOne Life to Live. Her character, held prisoner by Asa for months, had a memorable death sequence, falling over a balcony at a costume party.
Her son by her first marriage to Carl-Gustav Björkenheim, which ended in divorce in 1960,[7] is the jazz guitaristRaoul Björkenheim. In 1985, Elg married Rocco Caporale, an Italian-born educator and professor of sociology. Elg lived for a long time on theUpper East Side, inManhattan, in New York City, but later returned to Finland. Elg was an American and Finnish dual citizen.
Elg died at a nursing home in Helsinki, on 15 May 2025, at the age of 95.[2][8][9][10]
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