About Aarne Üksküla
Lived 1937 – 2017 (aged 80). Aarne Üksküla was a Russian and Estonian actor, university teacher, film actor, stage actor, drama teacher and pedagogue.
Aarne Üksküla (21 September 1937 Tallinn – 29 October 2017) was an Estonian film and stage actor and theatre instructor.
In 1961 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department.
Career Rakvere Theatre (1961–1968) Endla Theatre (1968–1978) Estonian Drama Theatre (1985–1988, 1993–2002) Tallinn's Old Town Studio (1988–1993). From 1978 to 2000 he worked at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's Drama School. His partner was Maria Klenskaja.
He was a signatory of the Letter of 40 Intellectuals.
Filmography A Time to Live and a Time to Love, drama All My Lenins, historical comedy Lotte from Gadgetville, animation feature Dead Mountaineer's Hotel, science fiction mystery Wikmani poisid, TV series 1981: Karge meri, film by novel 2011: A Friend of Mine, drama 1973: The Headless Horseman, mystery/romance/Red Western 2006: Vana daami visiit 1981: Nukitsamees, musical film 1980: Ideaalmaastik, drama 1990: Autumn 1980: Metskannikesed, action
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Who was Aarne Üksküla?
Estonian actor and drama teacher (1937-2017)
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Aarne Üksküla was born on 21 September 1937 in Tallinn.
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Aarne Üksküla died on 29 October 2017 in Tallinn.
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Aarne Üksküla was an actor, university teacher, film actor, stage actor, drama teacher and pedagogue.
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Aarne Üksküla was Russian and Estonian.
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