Ants Eskola (until 1935 Erhard-Voldemar Esperk;Eskola 1986: 7 17 February 1908 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

– 14 December 1989 in Tallinn) was a

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and

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n actor, singer and artist. He appeared in 25 films from 1930 to 1979.

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1964).Eesti kommunismiohvrid 1940–1991
/ref> His younger brother was actor

Olev Eskola Olev Eskola (until 1934 Olaf Esperk; 18 November 1914 Tallinn – 4 April 1990 Kassari, Hiiu County) was an Estonian actor. Eskola was born in Tallinn. His older brother was actor Ants Eskola. From 1931 until 1935, and again from 1944 until 1949, ...

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