Helend Peep (29 July 1910 – 20 October 2007), born Ernst-Helmut Peep, was an

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 ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and singer, well known for his performance of "Kerjuse laul" in the musical ''Ainult unistus''. Peep was born in Vaikla and started his professional career in 1938 and created a long career in the

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,0 ...

Vanemuine Vanemuine () is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It was the first Estonian language theatre. History ''1870–1906 The Beginning of the Beginning. Koidula’s Theatre, Wiera’s Theatre.'' On June 24, 1870 was the first day in Estonian theatre ...

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. He also had roles in several films. Peep died on 20 October 2007, at the age of 97 years.

References

External links

* 1910 births 2007 deaths Estonian male film actors Estonian male stage actors Estonian male musical theatre actors 20th-century Estonian male actors 20th-century Estonian male singers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class People from Alutaguse Parish {{Estonia-actor-stub