Voldemar Panso
Illustration — Memorial stone to Panso in Kivimäe, Tallinn Voldemar Panso (30 November 1920 – 27 December 1977) was an Estonian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue.
Voldemar Panso
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- Born
- 1920. · Tomsk.
- Died
- 1977. · Tallinn.
- Nationality
- Estonia and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- actor, theatre director, screenwriter, pedagogue and dramaturge.
- Education
- Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.
- Honours
- People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
- Languages
- Estonian.
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Illustration — Memorial stone to Panso in Kivimäe, Tallinn Voldemar Panso (30 November 1920 – 27 December 1977) was an Estonian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue.
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In 1941, he graduated from Tallinn Conservatory State Stage Art School and in 1955 the Moscow State Theatre Art Institute. 1941-1950 he was an actor in the Estonian Drama Theatre. 1955-1958 he was stage director and 1970-1976 head stage director. 1957-1977 he directed Tallinn State Conservatory Stage Art Department. He was one of the founders of the ESSR State Youth Theatre and 1965-1970 its first head stage director.
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Filmography
• Life in the Citadel (1947) as Jaan Sander • Vallatud kurvid (1959) as watchmaker • The Ambassador of the Soviet Union (1969) as minister of "neighboring country"
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• Order of the Badge of Honour (1956) • Honored Art Worker of the Estonian SSR (1964) • Estonian SSR State Prize (1965) • People's Artist of the Estonian SSR (1968) • People's Artist of the USSR (1977) • Juhan Smuul literary award (1981; posthumous) • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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- 1.Kändler, Tiit. A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century. Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. 132–133. 2002. 9985-70-103-8.
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