Kaarel Ird
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Kaarel Ird (27 August 1909 Riga – 25 December 1986 Viljandi) was an 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]
1963-1971 and 1980–1985, he was a deputy of Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
In 1936, Ird wed stage actress and theatre director Epp Kaidu.[1]
Awards:[1]
- 1946 Estonian SSR merited artist
- 1959 Estonian SSR people's artist
Selected filmography
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- 1947 "Elu tsitadellis" (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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- 1909 births
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- People from Riga
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- 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 stage actors
- Estonian male film actors
- Estonian male radio actors
- 20th-century Estonian male actors
- Estonian theatre directors
- People's Artists of the USSR
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- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Burials at Raadi cemetery