Leila Säälik
| Leila Säälik | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 December 1941 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Other names | Leila Kalmet |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Toomas Kalmet (1964 – 1969; divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
Leila Säälik (born 4 December 1941) is an Estonian stage, film and radio actress.
Leila Säälik was born in Tallinn. Her father was a machinist and her mother was a seamstress. She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn, graduating from Tallinn 7th Secondary School in 1960. Afterward, she enrolled at the Viljandi Culture Academy (now, the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy), graduating in 1963.
In 1962, while still a student at the Viljandi Culture Academy, Säälik became engaged at the Ugala theatre in Viljandi as an actress. Säälik's career at the Ugala was prolific and she would perform as an actress until her retirement from the Ugala in 2008; 46 years. She made her stage debut as Liis in the August Kitzberg and Juhan Simm Estonian language singspiel Kosjasõit in 1962. During her long career at the Ugala, Säälik has appeared in roles in productions of such varied international authors and playwrights as: Shakespeare, Steinbeck, O'Neill, Dostoyevsky, Albee, Ibsen, Gorky, Shaw, De Filippo, Enquist, De Coster, and Feuchtwanger, among many others. Roles at the Ugala in works by Estonian authors and playwrights include those of: Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Oskar Luts, Hella Wuolijoki, Rein Saluri, Urmas Lennuk, Jaan Kross, Juhan Smuul, Olav Ehala, and several others.
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