Eduards Smiļģis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian and Soviet actor and theatre director. He became a
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...
in 1948.
Smiļģis founded the
Dailes Theatre in Riga in 1920 and was its chief director until 1965. His home in
Pārdaugava
Pārdaugava (literally means "Trans" or "Over" -Daugava area, formerly ) is an area most often associated with Riga, composed of several neighbourhoods on the west (left) bank of Daugava River. The name is literally translated as 'over Daugava ...
is now the Eduards Smiļģis Theater Museum.
Live Riga
Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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1886 births
1966 deaths
Male actors from Riga
Theatre people from Riga
People from Riga county
Latvian male stage actors
Latvian theatre directors
Soviet male stage actors
Soviet theatre directors
20th-century Latvian male actors
People's Artists of the USSR
People's Artists of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Recipients of the Stalin Prize
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
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