Helene Vannari
Born: 1948-03-20 in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Died: 2022-03-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
Helene Vannari (March 20, 1948 – March 16, 2022) was an Estonian stage, radio, television and film actress. Vannari was born in the town of Kilingi-Nõmme in Pärnu County. Her father was a forestry teacher and her mother was an archivist. She is one of two siblings, both girls. When Vannari was three-years-old, her family moved to Tartu, where she attended schools, including studying at the Vanemuine drama studio, graduating in 1966. At age seven, her father died and she was raised by her mother. In 1970, she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). During her studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory, she met and befriended classmate Ene Järvis. The two would become lifelong friends.
Filmography
2021
- Estonian Funeral as Lady at the Mall
2020
- Raggie as Grandmother (voice)
2019
- EnsV as Aino Kessner
2017
- Lotte's Stories as Urve
2013
- Love Is Blind as Helga
2012
- A Lady in Paris as Mai
2011
- The Look of a Killer as Aino Lillepuu
2010
- ENSV as Aino Kessner
2008
- Mood Breaker as Various
2007
- Georg as Theatre's Make-up Artist
2006
- Mindless as Leida
2002
1997
- All My Lenins as Nadezhda Krupskaya
1995
- The Boys of Wikman as Maria
1992
- Lamb in the Down Right Corner as Juula
1991
1979
- A Woman Heats the Sauna as Emergency Nurse