Meeli Sööt (born 13 September 1937) is an Estonian stage,
television, radio and film actress.Meeli Sööt was born Meeli Alev in
Tallinn to actor Voldemar Alev and Alvine Alev (née Väravas). In
1956, she graduated from Tallinn 7th Secondary School (now, Tallinn
English College). From 1956 until 1957, she studied at the Tallinn
Pedagogical Institute (now, Tallinn University), and graduated in 1961
from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now,
the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn under the course
supervision of theatre pedagogue Voldemar Panso. Among her classmates
were noted future actors Tõnu Aav, Mikk Mikiver, Maila Rästas, Aarne
Üksküla, Madis Ojamaa, Jaan Saul, Ines Aru, and Mati
Klooren.Following graduation in 1961, she became engaged at the
Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. She would remain an actress at the
theatre until 2000. She made her stage debut in 1961 in a production
of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's 1636 play The Phantom Lady while
still a student.During her nearly forty year engagement at the
Estonian Drama Theater she performed in numerous stage productions as
an actress. Among her more memorable roles in works by international
authors and playwrights include: Molière, Ibsen, von Goethe, Chekhov,
Strindberg, Vonnegut, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Shaffer, Jean Genet, Johannes
Linnankoski, William Gibson, Alexander Vampilov, Elias Lönnrot and
John Boynton Priestley, among others. Memorable roles in works by
Estonian authors and playwrights include those of: Eduard Vilde, Anton
Hansen Tammsaare, Juhan Sütiste, Jaan Kross, Aino Undla-Põldmäe,
Jaan Kruusvall and Mats Traat.
television, radio and film actress.Meeli Sööt was born Meeli Alev in
Tallinn to actor Voldemar Alev and Alvine Alev (née Väravas). In
1956, she graduated from Tallinn 7th Secondary School (now, Tallinn
English College). From 1956 until 1957, she studied at the Tallinn
Pedagogical Institute (now, Tallinn University), and graduated in 1961
from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now,
the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn under the course
supervision of theatre pedagogue Voldemar Panso. Among her classmates
were noted future actors Tõnu Aav, Mikk Mikiver, Maila Rästas, Aarne
Üksküla, Madis Ojamaa, Jaan Saul, Ines Aru, and Mati
Klooren.Following graduation in 1961, she became engaged at the
Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. She would remain an actress at the
theatre until 2000. She made her stage debut in 1961 in a production
of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's 1636 play The Phantom Lady while
still a student.During her nearly forty year engagement at the
Estonian Drama Theater she performed in numerous stage productions as
an actress. Among her more memorable roles in works by international
authors and playwrights include: Molière, Ibsen, von Goethe, Chekhov,
Strindberg, Vonnegut, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Shaffer, Jean Genet, Johannes
Linnankoski, William Gibson, Alexander Vampilov, Elias Lönnrot and
John Boynton Priestley, among others. Memorable roles in works by
Estonian authors and playwrights include those of: Eduard Vilde, Anton
Hansen Tammsaare, Juhan Sütiste, Jaan Kross, Aino Undla-Põldmäe,
Jaan Kruusvall and Mats Traat.
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