Silvia Laidla (20 October 1927 â€" 3 May 2012) was an Estonian stage,
television and film actress whose career spanned nearly six decades.
Primarily a stage actress, she also appeared in several Estonian
television series and motion pictures.Born Silvia Lazarus in Valga in
1927 to Karl and Emilie Lazarus. She was youngest of two siblings,
with an older brother. Her mother died when she was six. In 1935, the
family changed their surname from Lazarus to Laidla. She attended
schools in Valga and Türi, graduating from the Türi Secondary School
in 1946. Following her graduation, she studied drama at the Estonian
Studio of the Lutasharsky National Institute of Theatrical Arts
(GITIS) in Moscow, graduating in 1953. Some of her graduating
classmates included Estonian actors Ita Ever, Arvo Kruusement, Kaljo
Kiisk and Jaanus Orgulas.In 1953, Laidla returned to Estonia and began
an engagement as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn.
Her first role at the Estonian Drama Theatre was as Anna Fedorovna in
a production of Maxim Gorky's 1905 play Barbarians. She would remain
at the Estonian Drama Theatre for eleven years before joining the
Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre (now, the Tallinn City Theatre) from
1966 until 1983. In 1983, Laidla again returned to the Estonian Drama
Theatre, where she remained until 1992. During her later years, she
became active in the Tallinn-based Salon Theatre, led by
Tatar-Estonian actor and stage director Dajan Ahmet.
television and film actress whose career spanned nearly six decades.
Primarily a stage actress, she also appeared in several Estonian
television series and motion pictures.Born Silvia Lazarus in Valga in
1927 to Karl and Emilie Lazarus. She was youngest of two siblings,
with an older brother. Her mother died when she was six. In 1935, the
family changed their surname from Lazarus to Laidla. She attended
schools in Valga and Türi, graduating from the Türi Secondary School
in 1946. Following her graduation, she studied drama at the Estonian
Studio of the Lutasharsky National Institute of Theatrical Arts
(GITIS) in Moscow, graduating in 1953. Some of her graduating
classmates included Estonian actors Ita Ever, Arvo Kruusement, Kaljo
Kiisk and Jaanus Orgulas.In 1953, Laidla returned to Estonia and began
an engagement as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn.
Her first role at the Estonian Drama Theatre was as Anna Fedorovna in
a production of Maxim Gorky's 1905 play Barbarians. She would remain
at the Estonian Drama Theatre for eleven years before joining the
Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre (now, the Tallinn City Theatre) from
1966 until 1983. In 1983, Laidla again returned to the Estonian Drama
Theatre, where she remained until 1992. During her later years, she
became active in the Tallinn-based Salon Theatre, led by
Tatar-Estonian actor and stage director Dajan Ahmet.
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