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
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 actress.
She started her stage career in 1910 at
Vanemuine Theatre
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 ...
.
1912–1915 she worked at
Endla Theatre
Endla ( et, Endla teater) is a professional theatre in city of Pärnu, Estonia.
The theatre was opened in 1911. The first performance was "Libahunt" ("Werewolf") by Estonian writer August Kitzberg. The Estonian Declaration of Independence was ...
in
Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...
. Later she worked at
Estonia Theatre
Estonia Theatre is an historic building in Tallinn, Estonia, which houses the Estonian National Opera and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
The original Jugendstil building was designed by Finnish architects Armas Lindgren
Armas Elie ...
,
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.
References
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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