Elsa Ratassepp (7 March 1893 â€" 4 April 1972), was an Estonian stage,
radio and film actress whose career spanned over fifty years.Elsa
Ratassepp was born in Raadi-Kruusamäe, a neighbourhood of Tartu. She
joined the Vanemuine theatre as an actress in 1916 and was later a
founder and actress in the travelling Rändteater based in Tallinn.
The Rändteater troupe lasted from 1926 until 1928.Ratassepp had a
long stage career throughout the 1910s and into the late 1960s.
However, she didn't make a film appearance until the 1959 Juli Kun and
Kaljo Kiisk directed comedy Vallatud kurvid for Tallinna Kinostuudio.
This was followed by the role of Triinu in the 1962 Igor Jeltsov
directed melodrama Ãœhe katuse all, based on the novel of the same
name by Hans Leberecht. Ratassepp's film career was most prolific in
the 1960s. Memorable performances include the role of Mari in the 1963
Kaljo Kiisk directed drama Jäljed; the 1966 Jüri Müür directed
drama Kirjad Sõgedate külast; the 1968 Leida Laius directed drama
Libahunt, which was based on the play of the same name by Estonian
author August Kitzberg; and in the 1968 Jüri Müür directed drama
Inimesed sõdurisinelis, based on the novel Enn Kalmu kaks mina,
written by Paul Kuusberg.
radio and film actress whose career spanned over fifty years.Elsa
Ratassepp was born in Raadi-Kruusamäe, a neighbourhood of Tartu. She
joined the Vanemuine theatre as an actress in 1916 and was later a
founder and actress in the travelling Rändteater based in Tallinn.
The Rändteater troupe lasted from 1926 until 1928.Ratassepp had a
long stage career throughout the 1910s and into the late 1960s.
However, she didn't make a film appearance until the 1959 Juli Kun and
Kaljo Kiisk directed comedy Vallatud kurvid for Tallinna Kinostuudio.
This was followed by the role of Triinu in the 1962 Igor Jeltsov
directed melodrama Ãœhe katuse all, based on the novel of the same
name by Hans Leberecht. Ratassepp's film career was most prolific in
the 1960s. Memorable performances include the role of Mari in the 1963
Kaljo Kiisk directed drama Jäljed; the 1966 Jüri Müür directed
drama Kirjad Sõgedate külast; the 1968 Leida Laius directed drama
Libahunt, which was based on the play of the same name by Estonian
author August Kitzberg; and in the 1968 Jüri Müür directed drama
Inimesed sõdurisinelis, based on the novel Enn Kalmu kaks mina,
written by Paul Kuusberg.
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