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In 1957, Actor-Dancer Taina Elg was nominated for Golden Globe Award for her role in the MGM's Cole Porter Musical 'Les Girls', in which she played and danced against Gene Kelly.

Besides five other major awards and six additional nominations Les Girls won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The Les Girls' girls, Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall looked suberp !

Taina Elg's skills were recognized already the year before, in 1956, when she won the Golden Gloge Award for New Foreign Star Of The Year.

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