Mari Lill
Known For
Acting
Born
1945-12-21 in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Biography
Mari Lill (born December 21, 1945) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress whose career began onstage in the late 1960s. Mari Lill was born in Tallinn to Felix Lill and Asta Lill (née Multer) just after the end of World War II and the Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia. Her father Felix was arrested by Soviet authorities and spent several years sentenced to forced labor in the gulag system in Siberia when she was still an infant. He was later able to return to the family when Mari was quite young. Lill is the middle child of three siblings; she has an older sister Kadri, and her younger brother was glass artist Ivo Lill. Lill grew up and attended schools in the district of Nõmme and spent time visiting her grandmother on the island of Saaremaa. After graduating from secondary school, Lill studied acting under the supervision of course instructor Voldemar Panso at the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Her diploma production was in the role of Helen Keller in a 1967 staging of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker. She graduated in 1968. Among her graduating classmates were actors Helle-Reet Helenurm, Katrin Karisma, Raivo Trass, Enn Klooren, Jaan Tooming, Peeter Jakobi, and Kalju Komissarov.
Most Known For
Revenge Office
as Krista Tuvi
Smile at Last
as Robi's Mother
Sunday Only
Kratt
as Grandma
Firebird
as Old Lady
Free Money
as Granny Aino
Jüri Rumm
as Madam Mihkel
The Boys of Wikman
as Mrs. Laasik
Stolen Meeting
as Asta
Blood Stone
as Üxküll's Daughter (uncredited)
The Monster
as Old Lady
Two of Me
as Grandma
The Little Witch
as The Little Witch
Alien 2 or: The Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters
as Handbagless Old Lady
Autumn Ball
as Cashier #1
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
as Kai Savolainen (Virgin)
Class Reunion
as Old Lady
Fire Lily
as Carer
The Maggot Feeder
as Spider (voice)
Dragonflies and Coliaths
as Kupeldaja