sentences:  Elg was born in 1930 in either Impilahti, Finland (present-day Impilakhti, Russia) or Helsinki, and raised in Turku by her parents, Helena Doroumova (who was of Russian descent) and Åke Elg (or Ludwig), a Finnish pianist.She was signed to a seven-year contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-1950s.In 1957, she won the Golden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award – Female.