Taina Elg

Taina Elg was a Finnish and American dancer and actress who worked on stage, television, and in film. Born in Helsinki and raised in Turku, she was signed to a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-1950s. In 1957 she received the Golden Globe for Foreign Newcomer Award, Female. The following year she won another Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Les Girls (1957), sharing the award with her co-star Kay Kendall. She also earned a Golden Laurel nomination as Top New Female Personality in 1958, and in 1959 she starred with Kenneth More in The 39 Steps (1959). Her stage career included a 1975 Tony Award nomination for Where's Charley? and a role in the original Broadway production of Nine. On television, she played Dr. Ingrid Fischer on Guiding Light in 1980 and Olympia Buchanan on One Life to Live from 1980 to 1982.