Leo Kalmet
Leo Kalmet (2 March 1900 – 16 September 1975) was an Estonian stage actor and theatre director.
Kalmet was born in Orajõe, Pärnu County. He graduated from the Tallinn Humanitarian Gymnasium for Boys in 1920 and from the Drama Studio theater school in 1924. In addition, he studied at Tartu University's Faculty of Law, Department of Commerce from 1920 until 1925 as at the singing at the Tallinn Conservatory.[1]
He participated in the Estonian War of Independence and taught at the Tallinn Conservatory.
Kalmet died in 1975 in Tallinn. A monument to him can be found at Gonsiori in downtown Tallinn.
References
- ↑ Eesti teatri biograafiline leksikon Tallinn 2000
External links
- Leo Kalmet at ESBL (in Estonian)
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Häädemeeste Parish
- People from the Governorate of Livonia
- Estonian theatre directors
- Estonian male stage actors
- 20th-century Estonian male actors
- University of Tartu alumni
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
- Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
- Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence
- Honoured Workers of the Arts Industry of the Estonian SSR
- Estonian actor stubs