Eduards Smiļģis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduards Smiļģis

Latvian actor and theatre director

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1886

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1966

Profession: actor, theater director

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Eduards Smilgis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian actor and theatre director.
He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948. Smilgis founded the Dailes Theatre in Riga in 1920 and was its chief director until 1965.
His home in Pardaugava is now the Eduards Smilgis Theater Museum.