Taina Elg is a Finnish-born actress and dancer who starred opposite Gene Kelly in the colorful George Cukor musical of 1957 Les Girl In the 1959 Spy Thriller, with Kenneth 39 stepsalready dead. She is 95 years old.

ELG died on May 15 in an auxiliary care facility in her home country of Helsinki, her family told Helsinki era.

On Broadway, ELG worked with Raul Julia in the revival of Frank Loesser in 1974-75 Where is Charlie? - She was nominated for Tony for Best Actress in the Musical - in 1982-84 original work Nineshe plays his role as the mother Guido.

Her breakthrough in Hollywood was at MGM cabaret dancer Angel Ducross Les GirlThis also starred Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall, and starred in music from Cole Porter. She and Kendall shared the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in Music or Comedy.

In a remake of hierarchical organizations 39 stepsElg portrays Miss Fisher, who accidentally gets involved with a British diplomat (More's Richard Hannay) in order to decipher and decipher the sinister plot against England. (Of course, the original 1935 book was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.

Taina Elisabeth Elg is the daughter of a pianist and was born in Helsinki on March 9, 1930. She appeared in her first film at the age of 10, dancing with the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki, then studying the ballet in Sweden in Sweden in Sweden, and studying at London and Royal Ballrooms with Gothenburg and London.

She was discovered in London by American film producer Edwin H. Knopf, and she signed a seven-year contract with MGM after her Hollywood success enjoyed by Scandinavian companion Anita Ekberg.

ELG appears with Lana Turner prodigal son (1955) and Diane (1956), then won the Golden Globe Award for Best Female Foreign Newcomer, her performance Gaby (1956), starring Leslie Caron.

In her follow-up Les Girlshe starred in a French woman who owns a farm in a war comedy Imitation of General (1958), starring Glenn Ford and the Red Button. Her last movie at MGM is an African Adventure Tusses (1959), starring George Montgomery.

As the film industry weakens Emma sweet 1962. In 1970, her first performance on seven Broadway appearances portrayed the nun of Josh Logan Looking at Lilyaccording to the 1963 Sidney Poitier film Lily in the field.

Later, she and Jiji 1984 - 85 Titanic In 1999-2000.

In 1980-81, ELG stood out as Olympia Buchanan, an exiled first wife of Texas tycoon Philip Carey Life of life. Her character is incredibly landing on a balcony as her death party.

Her resume includes movies Bacchantes (1961), The Hercules of New York (1970), Love dream (1991) and Barbra Streisand The mirror has two faces (1996) and soap opera doctor,,,,, Guide light,,,,, The edge of night and like.

Her son is jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim.

Elg married economist and importer Carl "Poku" Björkenheim in 1953 until his divorce in 1958 and educated Rocco Caporale in 1982 until his death in 2008, when she left New York thirty years later and returned to her homeland. Four years ago, she received the famous order from Lion from Finland.