Marie-Elisabeth "Betty" Kuuskemaa (28 January 1879 â€" 19 December
1966) was an Estonian stage and film actress whose long career spanned
over sixty years.Betty Kuuskemaa was born Marie-Elisabeth Jõggis in
Hageri in Rapla County to storekeeper Andres Jõggis and Wilhelmine
Jõggis (née Sööt), who was a seamstress. She was the fourth-born
child of six siblings. Her three older siblings were Voldemar, born in
1872; Ludwig, born in 1875; and Alma Sophie, born in 1877. Her two
younger sisters were Wilhelmine, born in 1880; and Emilie, born in
1882.She graduated secondary school in 1894 from the now defunct
Tallinn Niclasen German Girls' School before traveling and studying
abroad in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and London. Beginning in 1897, she
sang with the Estonia Song and Drama Society choir. From 1899 until
1901, she also worked as a florist.
1966) was an Estonian stage and film actress whose long career spanned
over sixty years.Betty Kuuskemaa was born Marie-Elisabeth Jõggis in
Hageri in Rapla County to storekeeper Andres Jõggis and Wilhelmine
Jõggis (née Sööt), who was a seamstress. She was the fourth-born
child of six siblings. Her three older siblings were Voldemar, born in
1872; Ludwig, born in 1875; and Alma Sophie, born in 1877. Her two
younger sisters were Wilhelmine, born in 1880; and Emilie, born in
1882.She graduated secondary school in 1894 from the now defunct
Tallinn Niclasen German Girls' School before traveling and studying
abroad in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and London. Beginning in 1897, she
sang with the Estonia Song and Drama Society choir. From 1899 until
1901, she also worked as a florist.
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