Ellen Liiger
| Ellen Liiger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 June 1918 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Died | 4 August 1987 (aged 69) Tallinn, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Other names | Ellen Tammur Ellen Liiger-Tammur |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1924–1987 |
| Spouse(s) | Ilmar Tammur |
| Children | Dr. Mare Liiger |
Ellen Liiger (26 June 1918 – 4 August 1987), was an Estonian stage, television, radio and film actress and theatre teacher. Her stage career began at age six and lasted until she died in 1987.
Ellen Liiger was born in Tallinn to parents Jaan Liiger and Mari Liiger (née Treufeldt) in 1918. She was the youngest of three siblings; her brother Eduard was born in 1907 and her sister Hilda-Alice was born in 1910. She had one half-sibling, Arnold Liiger, born in 1902, from her father's first marriage to Reet Liiger (née Närska). Her father worked as a small business owner.
Liiger attended Tallinn 1st Girls' Secondary School, graduating in 1937. Afterward, she studied theatre and acting at the Tallinn Conservatory of Dramatic Arts School (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1941.
In 1924, at age six, Ellen Liiger began appearing onstage in small roles for children at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn. Her stage debut was a small role in a 1924 production of Polish dramatist Tadeusz Rittner's 1916 play Wolves at Night. After graduation from theatre school in 1941, she became engaged at the Estonian Drama Theatre while the country was under German occupation. She would remain an actress at the theatre until leaving in 1960 for an engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu, which lasted until 1966. In 1967, she would rejoin the Estonian Drama Theatre, remaining there until 1987; the year of her death.
Throughout her many years on the stages of Estonia, she appeared in numerous stage productions of works by such internation authors and playwrights as: George Bernard Shaw, Brecht and Weill, Molière, Maxim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Lermontov, István Örkény, Nikolai Gogol, Max Halbe, Clare Booth, and Erich Kästner, among others. Additionally, she performed in a number of productions of works by Estonian authors and playwrights as: Anton Hansen Tammsaare, August Kitzberg, Henrik Visnapuu, Aadu Hint, Jaan Kruusvall, Jaan Kross, and Egon Rannet.
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