Ivars Kalniņš
Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš (born 1 August 1948) is a Latvian film and television actor. He graduated in 1974 from the Jāzeps Vītols Theatre Department of the Latvian Conservatory. He had already started acting however in 1972 at the Artistic Academic Theatre of J. Kalniņš has performed in both Latvian language and Russian language films and television shows.
Ivars Kalniņš
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- Name
- Ivars Kalniņš
- Birth Name
- Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš
- Born
- 1 August 1948
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
- Occupation
- actor
- Spouse
- Laura Kalniņa
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Education
- Rīga's Rainis' Secondary school · Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music
- Languages
- Latvian
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Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš (born 1 August 1948) is a Latvian film and television actor. He graduated in 1974 from the Jāzeps Vītols Theatre Department of the Latvian Conservatory. He had already started acting however in 1972 at the Artistic Academic Theatre of J. Kalniņš has performed in both Latvian language and Russian language films and television shows.
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Ivars Kalniņš (born 1948) is a Latvian and Soviet actor and politician. The actor was born in Riga.
Ivars Kalniņš studied at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and Rīga's Rainis' Secondary school. The actor held the position of deputy of Saeima and worked in Riga. Languages used include Latvian.
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• Name — Ivars Kalniņš • Birth Name — Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš • Born — 1 August 1948 • Birthplace — Riga, Latvian SSR (now Latvia) • Occupation — actor • Years Active — 1972–present • Spouse — Laura Kalniņa
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• Apple in the River (1974) • Theatre (1978) • Little Tragedies (1979) • Early Rust (1979) • Unfinished Supper (1979) • The Fairfax Millions (1980) • Do Not Shoot at White Swans (1980) • Dusha (1982) • Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982) • TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) • The Winter Cherry (1985) • The Dolphin's Cry (1986) • Entrance to the Labyrinth (1989) • Frenzied Bus (1990) • Mirror Wars (2005) • Imp in the Rib, or the Magnificent Four (2006)
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