title: Dzidra Ritenberga
text: # Dzidra Ritenberga
  
  Dzidra Ritenberga (29 August 1928 – 9 March 2003) was a Latvian actress and film director. Ritenberga won the best actress award at the 1957 Venice International Film Festival for her performance as Malva in Malva.
  
  From 1976 she directed a few films at Riga Film Studio.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1957 | Malva | Malva | |
  | 1970 | Crime and Punishment | Luiza Ivanovna | |
  | 1970 | The Ballad of Bering and His Friends | Catherine I of Russia | |
  | 1971 | Day by Day | Dzidra Arturovna | TV series |
  | 1980 | Long Road in the Dunes | Erna | TV series |
  