Lembit Ulfsak
Lembit Ulfsak (4 July 1947 – 22 March 2017) was an Estonian stage and film actor. Ulfsak starred in the 2014 film Tangerines which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. It was also among the five nominated films at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Lembit Ulfsak
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- Name
- Lembit Ulfsak
- Born
- 4 July 1947
- Birthplace
- Koeru, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 22 March 2017
- Place of death
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Education
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Estonia.
- Honours
- Order of the White Star, 3rd Class, Order of the White Star, 4th Class, Baltic Star, Merited Artist of Estonian SSR, People's Artist of the Estonian SSR and Order of the White Star.
- Languages
- Estonian and Russian.
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Ulfsak died on 22 March 2017, at the age of 69.
Lembit Ulfsak studied at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The recorded working language is Estonian and Russian. Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Star, 3rd Class, Order of the White Star, 4th Class, Baltic Star and Merited Artist of Estonian SSR.
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• Name — Lembit Ulfsak • Birth Name — Lembit Ulfsak • Born — 4 July 1947 • Birthplace — Koeru, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union • Died — 22 March 2017 • Place of death — Tallinn, Estonia • Education — Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1969–2017 • Children — 3, including Juhan Ulfsak
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
He has appeared in almost 100 films, among them: • Ukuaru (1973) • Legenda o Tile (1977) • Karge meri (1981) • Dear, Dearest, Beloved, Unique... (1984) • TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) • Mary Poppins, Goodbye (1984) • Sofia Kovalevskaya (1985) • In Search of Captain Grant (1986) • Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde (1990) • Candles in the Dark (1993) • Firewater (1994) • Good Hands (2001) • The Heart of the Bear (2001) • Vedma (The Power of Fear) (2006) • 186 Kilometres (2007) • Lotte and the Moonstone Secret (2011) • Ice Age (2002 film) Estonian version, voice cast for mammoth Manny (2012) • Ice Age: The Meltdown Estonian version, voice cast • Tangerines (2013) • The Fencer (2015) • The Eternal Road (2017)
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1947
Lembit Ulfsak born at Koeru.
2017
Lembit Ulfsak died at Tallinn.
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- 1.Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 713–714. 2008. 978-0-8108-6268-5.
- 2.Croatia, Serbia, Finland and Estonia have announced their nominations for the category. Hollywood Reporter.
- 3.Oscar Nominations 2015: See The Full List. Huffington Post.
- 4.72ND ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- 5.Suri armastatud näitleja Lembit Ulfsak.
- 6.Struckhoff, Sam. Couch Theatre. Whitehorse Daily Star. 38. July 10, 2015.
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His recorded languages were Estonian and Russian. He was the child of Johan Ulfsak. 3 children are recorded: Juhan Ulfsak, Maria Ulfsak-Sheripova and Johanna Ulfsak. Ulfsak received Order of the White Star, 3rd Class, Order of the White Star, 4th Class, Baltic Star, Merited Artist of Estonian SSR, People's Artist of the Estonian SSR and Order of the White Star.
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