Helene Vannari
Acting

Helene Vannari

Born 20 March 1948 · Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia] · Died 16 March 2022

Helene Vannari (March 20, 1948 – March 16, 2022) was an Estonian stage, radio, television and film actress. Vannari was born in the town of Kilingi-Nõmme in Pärnu County. Her father was a forestry teacher and her mother was an archivist. She is one of two siblings, both girls. When Vannari was three-years-old, her family moved to Tartu, where she attended schools, including studying at the Vanemuine drama studio, graduating in 1966. At age seven, her father died and she was raised by her mother. In 1970, she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). During her studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory, she met and befriended classmate Ene Järvis. The two would become lifelong friends.

Known for

Names in Marble
A Lady in Paris
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Love Is Blind
Autumn
Georg
All My Lenins
Mindless
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Regina
Raggie
Estonian Funeral
Estonian Funeral
Raggie
Love Is Blind
A Lady in Paris
Georg
Mindless
Names in Marble
All My Lenins
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Peace Avenue
Regina
Autumn
Vinski of the Town
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Helene Vannari · Midrow