
Helene Vannari
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-03-20 in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Died
2022-03-16
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.
Most Known For

ENSV
as Aino Kessner

EnsV
as Aino Kessner

Regina
as Teacher

Raggie
as Grandmother (voice)

The Look of a Killer
as Aino Lillepuu

The Boys of Wikman
as Maria

Mood Breaker
as Various

Lotte's Stories
as Urve

Georg
as Theatre's Make-up Artist

A Lady in Paris
as Mai

Names in Marble

A Woman Heats the Sauna
as Emergency Nurse

Autumn
as Linda

All My Lenins
as Nadezhda Krupskaya

Estonian Funeral
as Lady at the Mall

Love Is Blind
as Helga

Mindless
as Leida

Peace Avenue

Lamb in the Down Right Corner
as Juula