Voldemar Panso
Voldemar Panso (30 November 1920 – 27 December 1977) was an Estonian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue.[1]
Biography
In 1941, he graduated from Tallinn Conservatory State Stage Art School and in 1955 the Moscow State Theatre Art Institute.[1]
1941-1950 he was an actor in the Estonian Drama Theatre. 1955-1958 he was stage director and 1970-1976 head stage director. 1957-1977 he directed Tallinn State Conservatory Stage Art Department.[1]
He was one of the founders of the ESSR State Youth Theatre and 1965-1970 its first head stage director.[1]
Filmography
- Life in the Citadel (1947) as Jaan Sander
- Vallatud kurvid (1959) as watchmaker
- The Ambassador of the Soviet Union (1969) as minister of "neighboring country"
Awards and honors
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1956)
- Honored Art Worker of the Estonian SSR (1964)
- Estonian SSR State Prize (1965)
- People's Artist of the Estonian SSR (1968)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1977)
- Juhan Smuul literary award (1981; posthumous)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
References
- Kändler, Tiit (2002). A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century. Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9985-70-103-8.
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