Bruno O'Ya (born Bruno Oja; 12 February 1933 – 9 October 2002) was an

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actor. In 1974 he starred in the

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-nominated film '' The Deluge'' under

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. He also appeared in the 1978 film ''

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''. He released a folk album with 12 songs in 1973.Bruno O'Ya
at the

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Biography

Born on February 12, 1933, in Tallinn, O'Ya was born to Verner and Hilda Oja; his brother was Kenno Oja. He was married four times, and has a daughter, Dominika.Genealoogia.
Vaadatud 13.11.2022. O'Ya studied piano with the Estonian composer

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. He was part of a pop music group in Tartu in 1951 and the Riga Teacher's House dance orchestra from 1956–1964. From the late the 1960s, he mainly lived and worked in

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, but did not renounce his Soviet citizenship, as that was how he was able to visit Estonia.Keeruka saatusega Bruno Oja.
Eesti Päevaleht, 22.05.2022. Vaadatud 13.11.2022. In 1967, he changed his Estonian surname to a foreign one, henceforth writing the surname with a ''y'' and adding an apostrophe after the first letter in order to simplify foreign contact.

Later years

After Estonia regained its independence, O'Ya returned to Estonia, where he supervised a youth theater. On the initiative of Foreign Minister Trivim Velliste, O'Ya became the cultural attaché and honorary consul of the Republic of Estonia in Poland. In 1998 he suffered a stroke. He died on October 9, 2002, in Tartu. He is buried at the

Metsakalmistu Metsakalmistu () is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. History Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be a public central city cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried in 1933. The original area of the cemetery was 24.2 hec ...

Cemetery.

Partial filmography

*''Tava laime'' (1960) *''49 dney'' (1962) – Amerikanskiy matros *'' The Road to Berth'' (1962) – Bruno *''Generali da zizilebi'' (1963) – Vladec Lekhovski *''Vystrel v tumane'' (1964) – Binkley attache *'' The Lark'' (1965) – Obersturmbannfuhrer *''Pomni, Kaspar!'' (1965) *''

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'' (1965) – Thomas Bicksby *''

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'' (1965) – sunus Bronius *''Na odnoy planete'' (1965) – American journalist *'' The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin'' (1965) – Captain Yansen *''Kiedy milosc byla zbrodnia'' (1968) – American Prisoner *''Wilcze echa'' (1968) – chorazy Piotr Slotwina *'' The Red Tent'' (1969) – Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited) *''Tödlicher Irrtum'' (1970) – Hank Jackson *''Pulapka'' (1971) – Anton *''Chyornye sukhari'' (1972) *''

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'' (1973) – Chorazy niosacy sztandar (uncredited) *''Opetanie'' (1973) – Wlasciciel kawalerki *'' The Deluge'' (1974) – Józwa Butrym *''Svatbite na Yoan Asen'' (1975) – Knyaz Yuriy *''

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'' (1976) – Spytek z Melsztyna *''Tuntematon ystävä'' (1978) – Bruno Lindén / 'Furman' / 'priest' *''

'' (1979) – Nilson *''

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'' (1982) – Hoff *''Ostrze na ostrze'' (1983) – Jacek Dydynski *''Glowy pelne gwiazd'' (1983) – Oficer radzieski *''Wedle wyroków twoich...'' (1984) *''Czas dojrzewania'' (1984) – Swede Haakon *''Na calosc'' (1986) – Scandinavian *''Rykowisko'' (1987) – Senator Mickey Caposta *''Pociag do Hollywood'' (1987) *''Pan Kleks w kosmosie'' (1988) – (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oya, Bruno Estonian male film actors Polish male film actors 1933 births 2002 deaths Male actors from Tallinn 20th-century Estonian male actors 20th-century Polish male actors Soviet male actors Estonian expatriates in Poland Recipients of the USSR State Prize