Eduards Smiļģis
Actor and theatre director
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Eduards Smiļģis was a Latvian actor and theatre director. He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.
Smiļģis founded the Dailes Theatre in Riga in 1920 and was its chief director until 1965. His home in Pārdaugava is now the Eduards Smiļģis... Wikipedia
Born: November 23, 1886, Riga, Latvia
Died: April 19, 1966 (age 79 years), Riga, Latvia
Children: Zigurds Smiļģis
Spouse: Berta Smiļģe (m. 1922–1924)
Award: People's Artist of the USSR (1948)