Helene Vannari

Biography

Helene Vannari (March 20, 1948 – March 16, 2022) was an Estonian stage, radio, television and film actress.

Vannari was born in the town of Kilingi-Nõmme in Pärnu County. Her father was a forestry teacher and her mother was an archivist. She is one of two siblings, both girls. When Vannari was three-years-old, her family moved to Tartu, where she attended schools, including studying at the Vanemuine drama studio, graduating in 1966. At age seven, her father died and she was raised by her mother. In 1970, she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). During her studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory, she met and befriended classmate Ene Järvis. The two would become lifelong friends.

Known For

Love Is Blind
Love Is Blind
Mindless
Mindless
All My Lenins
All My Lenins

Filmography

2021 Estonian Funeral
as Lady at the Mall
2020 Raggie
as Grandmother (voice)
2019 EnsV
as Aino Kessner
2017 Lotte's Stories
as Urve
2013 Love Is Blind
as Helga
2012 A Lady in Paris
as Mai
2011 The Look of a Killer
as Aino Lillepuu
2010 ENSV
as Aino Kessner
2008 Mood Breaker
as Various
2007 Georg
as Theatre's Make-up Artist
2006 Mindless
as Leida
2002 Names in Marble
as
1997 All My Lenins
as Nadezhda Krupskaya
1995 The Boys of Wikman
as Maria
1992 Lamb in the Down Right Corner
as Juula
1991 Peace Street
as
1990 Autumn
as Linda
1990 Regina
as Teacher
1979 A Woman Heats the Sauna
as Emergency Nurse