Helene Vannari
Actor
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.
Filmography
A Lady in Paris
as Mai 2012
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
as Juula 1992
Love Is Blind
as Helga 2013
Autumn
as Linda 1990
Georg
as Theatre's Make-up Artist 2007
Mindless
as Leida 2006
All My Lenins
as Nadezhda Krupskaya 1997
A Woman Heats the Sauna
as Emergency Nurse 1979
Raggie
as Grandmother (voice) 2020
Estonian Funeral
as Lady at the Mall 2021
Regina
as Teacher 1990