Roman Baskin (25 December 1954 – 13 September 2018) was an Estonian actor and director of stage and screen. His parents were

Eino Baskin Eino Baskin (17 June 1929 – 11 March 2015) was an Estonian actor and theatre director. Baskin was born in Tallinn to Jewish parents Hirsch and Maria Baskin (née Raage). In 1951 he graduated from before becoming engaged at the Estonian Drama T ...

and

Ita Ever Ita Ever (born Ilse Ever; 1 April 1931, Paide, Järva County) is an Estonian film, radio, theater and television actress. She is widely regarded as a Grand Old Lady of Estonian theatre. Biography She began her career in 1953 as a stage actress ...

. Baskin's credits as an actor included ''

Lotte from Gadgetville ''Lotte from Gadgetville'' ( et, Leiutajateküla Lotte, lv, Lote no Izgudrotāju ciema) is a 2006 Estonian/ Latvian feature-length animated film directed by Heiki Ernits and Janno Põldma. The film's characters first appeared in '' Lotte reis l ...

'' (2006), '' 186 Kilometres'' (2007), '' Letters to Angel'' (2010), and ''

The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...

'' (2011). He directed ''Peace Street'' in 1991, and a television film adaptation of '' The Visit'' in 2006. For his career in film, Baskin received the

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, fourth class in 2018. He was diagnosed with cancer and died on 13 September 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baskin, Roman 1954 births 2018 deaths 21st-century Estonian male actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male stage actors Estonian male voice actors Estonian film directors Deaths from cancer in Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Estonian people of Jewish descent Estonian people of Russian descent