Kalju Orro (born 27 March 1952) is an Estonian stage, film and
television actor, acting instructor, lecturer, theatre producer, and
pedagogue.Kalju Orro was born in Tartu, where he attended primary and
secondary schools. He is a 1970 graduate of Tartu 17 Vocational
School. Afterward, he enrolled in the Vanemuine Drama Studios in
Tartu, graduating in 1971. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts
Department of Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of
Music and Theatre) under instruction of actor and theatre pedagogue
Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating classmates
were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Urmas Kibuspuu, Aare Laanemets,
Anne Paluver, Külliki Tool, Priit Pedajas, Eero Spriit, and Peeter
Volkonski.From 1976 until 1978, he was engaged at the Viktor
Kingissepp Tallinn State Academic Drama Theatre (now, the Estonian
Drama Theatre) in Tallinn, before departing to the Estonian SSR State
Youth Theatre (since 1992, the Tallinn City Theatre), where he has
been engaged as an actor and producer since 1978. Among his more
memorable international roles during his long career at the Tallinn
City Theatre include those in works by such authors and playwrights
as: Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Dale Wasserman, Celestino Gorostiza,
Aleksis Kivi, David Pownall, Luchino Visconti, Anton Chekhov, Dario
Fo, Terry Johnson, Brecht and Weill, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain,
Alexandre Dumas, Thomas Mann, David Storey, Evelyn Waugh, Luigi
Pirandello, Peter Barnes, David Hair, Tom Stoppard, Marina Carr,
William Boyd, Nikolai Gogol, Dorota Masłowska, and Maxim Gorky.
Notable roles in works by Estonian authors and playwrights include
those of: A. H. Tammesaare, Hugo Raudsepp, Jaanus Rohumaa, Jaan
Tätte, Madis Kõiv, and Paavo Piik. Orro has also worked as a
theatrical producer on a number of stage productions during his career
with the Tallinn City Theatre, beginning with a 1981 production of
Ödön von Horváth's 1938 novel Youth Without God.
television actor, acting instructor, lecturer, theatre producer, and
pedagogue.Kalju Orro was born in Tartu, where he attended primary and
secondary schools. He is a 1970 graduate of Tartu 17 Vocational
School. Afterward, he enrolled in the Vanemuine Drama Studios in
Tartu, graduating in 1971. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts
Department of Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of
Music and Theatre) under instruction of actor and theatre pedagogue
Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating classmates
were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Urmas Kibuspuu, Aare Laanemets,
Anne Paluver, Külliki Tool, Priit Pedajas, Eero Spriit, and Peeter
Volkonski.From 1976 until 1978, he was engaged at the Viktor
Kingissepp Tallinn State Academic Drama Theatre (now, the Estonian
Drama Theatre) in Tallinn, before departing to the Estonian SSR State
Youth Theatre (since 1992, the Tallinn City Theatre), where he has
been engaged as an actor and producer since 1978. Among his more
memorable international roles during his long career at the Tallinn
City Theatre include those in works by such authors and playwrights
as: Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Dale Wasserman, Celestino Gorostiza,
Aleksis Kivi, David Pownall, Luchino Visconti, Anton Chekhov, Dario
Fo, Terry Johnson, Brecht and Weill, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain,
Alexandre Dumas, Thomas Mann, David Storey, Evelyn Waugh, Luigi
Pirandello, Peter Barnes, David Hair, Tom Stoppard, Marina Carr,
William Boyd, Nikolai Gogol, Dorota Masłowska, and Maxim Gorky.
Notable roles in works by Estonian authors and playwrights include
those of: A. H. Tammesaare, Hugo Raudsepp, Jaanus Rohumaa, Jaan
Tätte, Madis Kõiv, and Paavo Piik. Orro has also worked as a
theatrical producer on a number of stage productions during his career
with the Tallinn City Theatre, beginning with a 1981 production of
Ödön von Horváth's 1938 novel Youth Without God.
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