Sophie Sooäär
| Sophie Sooäär | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 September 1914 Pärnu, Estonia |
| Died | 14 March 1996 (aged 81) Tallinn, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Other names | Sofie Sooäär Sophie Rathfelder Sophie Moisar |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1934-1976 |
| Spouse(s) | Unknown Rathfelder (1935-1941) Dr. Erich Johannes Moisar (1961-1977; his death) |
Sophie Sooäär (27 September 1914 – 14 March 1996) was an Estonian stage, television, and film actress and singer and dancer.
Sophie Sooäär (occasionally credited as Sofie Sooäär) was born in Pärnu in 1914. She attended schools in Pärnu, graduating from secondary school in 1931; afterward, she studied dressmaking until 1934.
In 1934, Sooäär began an engagement at the Endla Theatre in her hometown of Pärnu as an actress and dancer. From 1941 until 1944 she performed as a soloist at the theatre. In 1944, she joined the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn as a soloist. However, the building which housed the Estonia song and drama society theatre and the Estonian National Opera was bombed and heavily damaged by Soviet air raids on 9 March 1944. She would return to the stages of the theatre and the Estonian National Opera once the building was reopened to the public in 1947. After the dissolution of the Estonia song and drama society in 1949, she remained at the Estonian National Opera as an actress and singer until 1971.
During her long career onstage at the Estonia Theatre, Sooäär performed in a number of stage plays, musicals and particularly operettas and was frequently paired with actor and singer Endel Pärn. Among her more memorable roles at the theatre were in works by composers such as: Franz Lehar, Priit Ardna, Hans Pflanzer, Emmerich Kálmán, Sigmund Romberg, Johann Strauss II, Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Franz Schubert, Edgar Arro, Leo Normet, Parashkev Hadjiev, Frederick Loewe, Ülo Raudmäe, Gerd Natschinski and Mitch Leigh.
Sophie Sooäär's first film appearances was in the 1955 Aleksandr Mandrõkin directed musical concert film Kui saabub õhtu for Tallinna Kinostuudio, showcasing Estonian singers, dancers and actors in productions of performing arts pieces. The film, featuring many members of the Estonian National Opera, features Sooäär as Linda, wife of Kalev and mother of the giant Kalevipoeg, in a performance of composer Eugen Kapp's ballet Kalevipoeg, inspired by Estonian mythology and choreographed by Estonian ballet masters Ida Urbel and Udo Väljaots.
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