Dzidra Ritenberga
Ritenberga in 1958
Born29 August 1928
Dundaga Parish, Latvia
Died9 March 2003(2003-03-09) (aged 74)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Alma materJāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (directing faculty)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Film director
Years active1948—1990
SpouseYevgeni Urbansky
Children1

Dzidra Ritenberga (29 August 1928 – 9 March 2003) was a Latvian actress and film director.[1] Ritenberga won the best actress award at the 1957 Venice International Film Festival for her performance as Malva in Malva.[2] [3] From 1976 she directed a few films at Riga Film Studio.[1]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1957 Malva Malva
1970 Crime and Punishment Luiza Ivanovna
1970 The Ballad of Bering and His Friends Catherine I of Russia
1971 Day by Day Dzidra Arturovna TV series
1980 Long Road in the Dunes Erna TV series

References

  1. ^ a b "Grāmatā izdoti aktrises un režisores Dzidras Ritenbergas atmiņu pieraksti". LSM (in Latvian). 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. ^ Bazin, André (2014). Bazin on Global Cinema, 1948-1958. University of Texas Press. pp. 177–178. ISBN 9780292767409.
  3. ^ "Soviet Latvian actress Dzidra Ritenberga 1928-2003". 5 November 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-23.

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