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Kaarel Ird
Estonian theatre leader, director, and actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kaarel Ird (27 August 1909 – 25 December 1986) was an Estonian theatre leader, director and actor.[1]
Ird was born in Riga, and his theatrical career started in 1932 in Pärnu Töölisteater. Since 1940 he worked at Vanemuine Theatre, being most of time its stage manager, but in the meantime also its head.[1]
From 1963 to 1971 and again from 1980 to 1985, Ird was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
In 1936, Ird wed the stage actress and theatre director Epp Kaidu.[1] He died on 25 December 1986 in Viljandi.
Awards:[1]
- 1946 Estonian SSR Merited Artist
- 1959 Estonian SSR People's Artist
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Selected filmography
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- 1947 Life in the Citadel (feature film; role: Western agent)
- 1955 Andrus's Fortune (feature film; role: ?)
- 1973 An Unusual Story (feature film; role: prosecutor)
- 1974 The Red Violin (feature film; role: Broschowski)
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