Ines Aru (born Ines Parker; 1 July 1939) is an Estonian stage, radio,
voice, television, and film actress whose career began in the early
1960s.Ines Aru was born Ines Parker in Tallinn to Martin Johannes
Parker and Leena Parker (née Laid). Both of her parents were
communist activists who had been incarcerated by Estonian authorities
in the 1920s for their political activity and released in 1938.
Following the German occupation of Estonia during World War II in July
1941, she was evacuated to Samara Oblast in the Ural Mountains of
Russia with her mother and grandmother. Her father remained in Tallinn
and planned to join them shortly thereafter. In August 1941, he
boarded a ship at the Port of Tallinn that struck a mine and was
killed. Her mother Leena died of tuberculosis while in Russia on 3
December 1942 at age forty when Ines was three years old. Afterward,
she returned to Estonia with her grandmother who raised her in
Tallinn.Ines Parker attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn.
One of her primary school friends and classmates was future politician
Marju Lauristin. After secondary school, she enrolled in courses at
the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and
Theatre) under the course supervision of theatre pedagogue Voldemar
Panso; graduating from the academy in 1961. Among her classmates were
noted future actors Tõnu Aav, Mikk Mikiver, Maila Rästas, Aarne
Üksküla, Madis Ojamaa, Jaan Saul, Meeli Sööt, and Mati
Klooren.After graduating from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Ines
Parker began a two-year engagement as a stage actress at the Ugala
theatre in Viljandi in 1961. From 1963 until 1964, she was engaged at
the Vanemuine in Tartu, and from 1964 until 1965, she had an
engagement at the Philharmonic Society of the Estonian SSR in Tallinn.
Afterwards, she was engaged at the Rakvere Theatre in Rakvere from
1965 until 1973, and the Old Town Theatre from its openening in 1980,
until leaving in 1994. She has since been a freelance stage actress
and has appeared on many other stage theatres throughout Estonia, and
occasionally returning to theatres she had previously been engaged
with as a freelance actress for productions.
voice, television, and film actress whose career began in the early
1960s.Ines Aru was born Ines Parker in Tallinn to Martin Johannes
Parker and Leena Parker (née Laid). Both of her parents were
communist activists who had been incarcerated by Estonian authorities
in the 1920s for their political activity and released in 1938.
Following the German occupation of Estonia during World War II in July
1941, she was evacuated to Samara Oblast in the Ural Mountains of
Russia with her mother and grandmother. Her father remained in Tallinn
and planned to join them shortly thereafter. In August 1941, he
boarded a ship at the Port of Tallinn that struck a mine and was
killed. Her mother Leena died of tuberculosis while in Russia on 3
December 1942 at age forty when Ines was three years old. Afterward,
she returned to Estonia with her grandmother who raised her in
Tallinn.Ines Parker attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn.
One of her primary school friends and classmates was future politician
Marju Lauristin. After secondary school, she enrolled in courses at
the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and
Theatre) under the course supervision of theatre pedagogue Voldemar
Panso; graduating from the academy in 1961. Among her classmates were
noted future actors Tõnu Aav, Mikk Mikiver, Maila Rästas, Aarne
Üksküla, Madis Ojamaa, Jaan Saul, Meeli Sööt, and Mati
Klooren.After graduating from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Ines
Parker began a two-year engagement as a stage actress at the Ugala
theatre in Viljandi in 1961. From 1963 until 1964, she was engaged at
the Vanemuine in Tartu, and from 1964 until 1965, she had an
engagement at the Philharmonic Society of the Estonian SSR in Tallinn.
Afterwards, she was engaged at the Rakvere Theatre in Rakvere from
1965 until 1973, and the Old Town Theatre from its openening in 1980,
until leaving in 1994. She has since been a freelance stage actress
and has appeared on many other stage theatres throughout Estonia, and
occasionally returning to theatres she had previously been engaged
with as a freelance actress for productions.
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