Arno Suurorg (18 July 1903 â€" 3 January 1960) was an Estonian stage,
film and radio actor and producer whose career spanned nearly forty
years.Born Arnold Friedrich Grossthal in Piirsalu, he was the eldest
of two children born to Jüri Grossthal and Maria Hansen; his younger
sister Helmi was born in 1908. The family would later change their
surname to the more Estonian Suurorg when the children were young. His
mother Maria was the younger sister of writer Anton Hansen Tammsaare,
whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works
of 20th-century Estonian literature.Beginning in 1922, Suurorg would
spend nearly forty years performing at the Estonian Drama Theatre and
would also produce a number of plays at the theatre. He would also
appear in a number of radio plays.
film and radio actor and producer whose career spanned nearly forty
years.Born Arnold Friedrich Grossthal in Piirsalu, he was the eldest
of two children born to Jüri Grossthal and Maria Hansen; his younger
sister Helmi was born in 1908. The family would later change their
surname to the more Estonian Suurorg when the children were young. His
mother Maria was the younger sister of writer Anton Hansen Tammsaare,
whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works
of 20th-century Estonian literature.Beginning in 1922, Suurorg would
spend nearly forty years performing at the Estonian Drama Theatre and
would also produce a number of plays at the theatre. He would also
appear in a number of radio plays.
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