Taina Elg

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Taina Elg born 9 March 1930 Helsinki Finland is a FinnishAmerican 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 MusicalComedy for her performance in Les Girls tying with her costar 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 DAlvadorez in Wheres Charley She appeared in the original Broadway production of Nine as Guido Continis mother From 19801981 she played Nicole BonardOlympia Buchanan wife to Asa Buchanan on ABCs soap opera One Life to Live Description above from the Wikipedia article Taina Elg licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia