| Eduards Smiļģis | |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Riga, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR |
| Occupation: | Actor; theatre director |
| Years Active: | 1906–1965 |
| Awards: | People's Artist of the USSR (1948) |
Eduards Smiļģis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian actor and theatre director.[1] He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 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]
Book: Apinis, Pēteris. A Hundred Great Latvians. Nacionālais apgāds. Riga. 2006. 88. 998426288X.