Kaarel Ird
Kaarel Ird (27 August 1909 Riga – 25 December 1986 Viljandi) was a Soviet and Estonian theatre leader, director and actor.[1]
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]
Awards:[1]
- 1946 Estonian SSR merited artist
- 1959 Estonian SSR people's artist
Selected filmography[edit]
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- 1947 Life in the Citadel (feature film; role: Western agent)
- 1955 Andruse õnn (feature film; role: ?)
- 1973 Tavatu lugu (feature film; role: prosecutor)
- 1974 Punane viiul (feature film; role: Broschowski)
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Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1986 deaths
- Actors from Riga
- Film people from Riga
- People from Kreis Riga
- Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1963–1967
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1967–1971
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1980–1985
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1985–1990
- Estonian male film actors
- Estonian male radio actors
- Estonian male stage actors
- Estonian theatre directors
- Soviet drama teachers
- Soviet male film actors
- Soviet male stage actors
- Soviet opera directors
- Soviet theatre directors
- 20th-century Estonian male actors
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- People's Artists of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Recipients of the Estonian SSR State Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Burials at Raadi cemetery