Eduard Tinn (18 January 1899 Hummuli Parish – 27 March 1968

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) was an

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n actor and theatre director. Tinn passed the examinations of as an assistant pharmacist at the Imperial Academy of Military Medicine in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in 1917. He then studied pharmacy at the

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between 1917 and 1918 and was front-line pharmacist from 1919 and 1920 during the

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. In 1927, he graduated from Drama Studio's theatre school in

. From 1927 until 1932, and from 1944 until 1968, he was an actor in

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. Between 1932 and 1934, he was an actor in

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. From 1936 until 1940, he was the head of

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. Besides stage roles he played also in several films and radio theatre. His son was actor Olev Tinn.

Awards

* 1947: Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR * 1949: Soviet Estonia Prize

Filmography

* 1947: '' Elu tsitadellis'' (feature film; role: Lillak, writer) * 1960: ''Perekond Männard'' (feature film; role: railway worker) * 1966: ''Tütarlaps mustas'' (feature film) * 1985: ''

Naerata ometi ''Games for Schoolchildren'' or ''Well, Come On, Smile''; ( et, Naerata ometi) is a 1985 Soviet Estonian drama film directed by Arvo Iho and Leida Laius. The film was loosely based on the 1963 short story ''Kasuema'' (''Stepmother'') by Estonian ...

'' (feature film; role Tauri's father)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tinn, Eduard 1899 births 1968 deaths Estonian male stage actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male radio actors 20th-century Estonian male actors Estonian theatre directors Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence University of Tartu alumni People from Tõrva Parish