Liina Reiman (née Liina Põlde; 14 November 1891, in Valga – 11 September 1961, in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

) was an

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n actress. She started her stage career in 1910 at

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. 1912–1915 she worked at

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. Later she worked at

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, Tallinn Drama Theatre, Vanemuine Theatre. 1933–1938 she performed also a lot in Finland. From 1944 she lived and worked in Finland. Reiman was married to Estonian composer and conductor

Raimund Kull Raimund Kull (3 October 1882 – 10 October 1942) was an Estonian conductor and composer. Born in Narva, at the time part of the Russian Empire, Kull studied trombone at the St. Petersburg Conservatory from 1900 until 1906. He then worked as an ...

. She died on 11 September 1961 Helsinki. In 1980 she was reburied in Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reiman, Liina 1891 births 1961 deaths Estonian stage actresses Estonian film actresses Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Finland People from Valga, Estonia Burials at Metsakalmistu