Voldemar Panso Explained

Voldemar Panso (30 November 1920 – 27 December 1977) was an Estonian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue.^[1]

Biography

In 1941, he graduated from Tallinn Conservatory State Stage Art School and in 1955 the Moscow State Theatre Art Institute.

1941-1950 he was an actor in the Estonian Drama Theatre. 1955-1958 he was stage director and 1970-1976 head stage director. 1957-1977 he directed Tallinn State Conservatory Stage Art Department.

He was one of the founders of the ESSR State Youth Theatre and 1965-1970 its first head stage director.^[1]

Filmography

• Life in the Citadel (1947) as Jaan Sander
• Vallatud kurvid (1959) as watchmaker
• The Ambassador of the Soviet Union (1969) as minister of "neighboring country"

Awards and honors

• Order of the Badge of Honour (1956)
• Honored Art Worker of the Estonian SSR (1964)
• Estonian SSR State Prize (1965)
• People's Artist of the Estonian SSR (1968)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1977)
• Juhan Smuul literary award (1981; posthumous)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Notes and References

1. Book: Kändler . Tiit . Tiit Kändler . A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century . 2002 . . 9985-70-103-8. 132–133.