Eduards Smiļģis

Eduards Smiļģis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian and Soviet actor and theatre director.^[1] He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.

Eduards Smiļģis
Born	(1886-11-23)23 November 1886 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	19 April 1966(1966-04-19) (aged 79) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Actor, theatre director
Years active	1906–1966
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR (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 Theater Museum.^[2]