Virve Aruoja

Virve Aruoja (since 1978 Virve Aruoja-Hellström; 19 February 1922 in Saduküla – 15 September 2013) was an Estonian television and film director and former actress.

Aruoja graduated from the University of Tartu's Tartu Teachers' Seminary in 1941. She studied at the State Drama Studio in Tallinn from 1945 until 1947, then continued her studies at the Estonian Studio of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, graduating in 1953.

In 2001 she was awarded with Order of the White Star, V class.

Aruoja lived in Sweden from 1978 until 1994, when she returned to Estonia. She spent the last years of her life on the island of Hiiumaa.

Selected filmography

1960 Näitleja Joller (television film; director) 1962 Romantikud (television film; director) 1966 Ühe suve akvarellid (television film; director) 1968 Tädi Rose (television film; director) 1970 Kolme katku vahel (television film; director) 1971 Lõppematu päev (television film; director) 1973 Laulab Tiit Kuusik (music film; director) 1974 "Ooperiball" (music film; scenarist) 1974 Värvilised unenäod (feature film; director) 1976 Minu naine sai vanaemaks (television film; director and scenarist)