Mari Lill
Mari Lill | |
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Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 21 December 1945
Nationality | Estonian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1968 – present |
Spouse |
Tõnu Tamm (m. 1968) |
Children | 2, including Elisabet Reinsalu |
Relatives | Ivo Lill (brother) |
Mari Lill (born 21 December 1945)[1] is an Estonian stage, film and television actress whose career began onstage in the late 1960s.
Early life and education
Mari Lill was born in
After graduating from secondary school, Lill studied acting under the supervision of course instructor Voldemar Panso at the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Her diploma production was in the role of Helen Keller in a 1967 staging of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker. She graduated in 1968.[4] Among her graduating classmates were actors Helle-Reet Helenurm, Ago Roo, Katrin Karisma, Raivo Trass, Enn Klooren, Jaan Tooming, Peeter Jakobi, and Kalju Komissarov.[5]
Stage career
In 1968, following her graduation from the Tallinn State Conservatory, she joined the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic National Youth Theatre in Tallinn (now, the Tallinn City Theatre). Her first significant role at the Youth Theatre was in the role of Hedvig in a production of Henrik Ibsen's 1884 play The Wild Duck. Lill remained with the Youth Theatre for nine years, leaving in 1977. Prominent roles during her time at the Youth Theatre include those in works by such playwrights and authors as: Shakespeare, A. H. Tammsaare, Henrik Ibsen, N. Richard Nash, Andrus Kivirähk, and Anton Chekhov, among others.[6]
In 1977, Mari Lill began performing at the
Television career
In 1990, Mari Lill appeared in the
Lill has also made appearances in a number of roles on Estonian television series, including; the popular, long-running ETV drama series
Film career
In 1977, Lill made her feature film debut in the Kaljo Kiisk directed drama Surma hinda küsi surnutelt for Tallinnfilm.[12]
Following this role, she returned to the stage and did not make another film appearance until the role of Robi's mother in the 1985 Leida Laius and Arvo Iho directed drama Naerata ometi, which chronicles the turbulent life of a teenage girl in a Soviet orphanage. The film was based on the 1963 Silvia Rannamaa penned novel Kasuema. In 1989, she would appear in two film roles: as Asta in the Leida Laius directed drama Varastatud kohtumine, as well as in the Jaan Kolberg directed short Mardipäev, both for Tallinnfilm.[13]
In 1990, she made an appearance in Uzbek director Khadzhi Akhmar's
Mari Lill would spend much of the late 1990s and early 2000s in the theatre. She would resume her film career in 2007, with a small role in the Veiko Õunpuu black comedy Sügisball.[16] In 2012, she would lend her voice to the Priit Tender animated film short Ussinuumaja produced by Eesti Joonisfilm. In 2016, she appeared in the René Vilbre directed Taska Film comedy Klassikokkutulek and the following year in the Sulev Keedus directed drama Mehetapja/Süütu /Vari.[17] In 2020, he had a starring role as Grandmother in the Rasmus Merivoo directed dark comedy-fantasy film Kratt.[18]
Throughout her film career, Lill would also appear in a number of short films and student films.[19]
Personal life
In 1968, Mari Lill married actor Tõnu Tamm. The couple have two daughters, pediatrician Katariina Rebane (b. 1974), and actress Elisabet Reinsalu (b. 1976).[20] They currently live in the small village of Andineeme in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County.[21][22]
Acknowledgements
- Order of the White Star, V Class (2002)
- Estonian SSR(1975)
References
- ^ "Lill, Mari". Eesti Entsüklopeedia (in Estonian). 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Naistekas Persoon: Mari Lille ja Tõnu Tamme eluterve elu 14 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Naistekas Persoon: Mari Lille ja Tõnu Tamme eluterve elu 14 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ arhiiv.err.ee PÄEVATEE. Teatripere Tõnu Tamm, Mari Lill ja Elisabet Reinsalu 13 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Lennud". Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia (in Estonian). 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Eesti Draamateater Maril Lill Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Eesti Draamateater Maril Lill Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ arhiiv.err.ee PÄEVATEE. Teatripere Tõnu Tamm, Mari Lill ja Elisabet Reinsalu 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ arhiiv.err.ee PÄEVATEE. Teatripere Tõnu Tamm, Mari Lill ja Elisabet Reinsalu 13 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Eesti rahvusbibliograafia Wikmani poisid Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Õhtuleht "Kättemaksukontor" üllatab uute tegelastega 3 March 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Õhtuleht Mari Lill: 70 on juba üsna tüütu – võiks ikka noorem olla 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Eesti Filmi Andmebaas. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Eesti Ekspress Lumumba tõi vabaduse Heastesse 12 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ Eesti Filmi Andmebaas. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Postimees Magala üksildased armastajad pärast orgiat 13 September 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Õhtuleht "Klassikokkutuleku" režissöör René Vilbre: Ootamatult on lainetusest lombis saanud tsunami! 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Clarke, Cass (3 August 2021). "Kratt Transforms an Estonian Myth Into a Sweet Fairy Tale". CBR. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Eesti Filmi Andmebaas. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Naistekas Persoon: Mari Lille ja Tõnu Tamme eluterve elu 14 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Maaleht Mari Lill: Oma riiki, kuramus, tuleb hoida! 27 July 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ uudised.tv3.ee Mari Lill meenutab: Lennart Merele ütlesin, et enam ma sind sülle võtta ei saa, sest ema ei luba 27 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
External links
- Mari Lill at IMDb