Taina Elisabeth Elg (born March ) is a Finnish-American actress and
dancer. She has appeared on stage, television, and in film.Elg was
born in in Helsinki, and raised in Turku by her parents, Ã…ke Elg
(né Ludwig), a Finnish pianist, and Helena Doroumova (who was of
Russian descent). She was signed to a seven-year contract to
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-s. In , she won the Golden Globe for
the Foreign Newcomer Award â€" Female. She won another Golden Globe in
for Best Motion Picture Actress â€" Musical/Comedy for her
performance in Les Girls, tying with her co-star, the famed and
well-established Kay Kendall.In , she was nominated for a Golden
Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In she starred alongside
Kenneth More in The Steps. In , she was nominated for a Tony Award
for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?.
She appeared in the original Broadway production of Nine as Guido
Contini's mother. In , she had the title role as Lea in Chéri, from a
Colette novel as adapted by Anita Loos. In , she played Dr. Ingrid
Fischer on CBS daytime drama soap opera Guiding Light. From â€", she
played Olympia Buchanan, first wife of tycoon Asa Buchanan, on the ABC
soap opera One 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 Björkenheim,
which ended in divorce in , is Finnish-American jazz guitarist Raoul
Björkenheim. In , Elg remarried, to Rocco Caporale, an Italian-born
educator and professor of sociology. She lives in New York City.
dancer. She has appeared on stage, television, and in film.Elg was
born in in Helsinki, and raised in Turku by her parents, Ã…ke Elg
(né Ludwig), a Finnish pianist, and Helena Doroumova (who was of
Russian descent). She was signed to a seven-year contract to
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-s. In , she won the Golden Globe for
the Foreign Newcomer Award â€" Female. She won another Golden Globe in
for Best Motion Picture Actress â€" Musical/Comedy for her
performance in Les Girls, tying with her co-star, the famed and
well-established Kay Kendall.In , she was nominated for a Golden
Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In she starred alongside
Kenneth More in The Steps. In , she was nominated for a Tony Award
for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?.
She appeared in the original Broadway production of Nine as Guido
Contini's mother. In , she had the title role as Lea in Chéri, from a
Colette novel as adapted by Anita Loos. In , she played Dr. Ingrid
Fischer on CBS daytime drama soap opera Guiding Light. From â€", she
played Olympia Buchanan, first wife of tycoon Asa Buchanan, on the ABC
soap opera One 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 Björkenheim,
which ended in divorce in , is Finnish-American jazz guitarist Raoul
Björkenheim. In , Elg remarried, to Rocco Caporale, an Italian-born
educator and professor of sociology. She lives in New York City.
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