Arno Suurorg
{{Short description|Estonian actor and producer (1903–1960)}}
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| name = Arno Suurorg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|07|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Piirsalu, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
| birthname = Arnold Friedrich Grossthal
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|01|03|1903|07|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Tallinn, Estonian SSR,
Soviet Union
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1922–1960
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Arno Suurorg (born Arnold Friedrich Grossthal; 18 July 1903 – 3 January 1960) was an Estonian stage, film and radio actor and producer whose career spanned nearly forty years.
Biography
=Early life=
Suurorg was born in Piirsalu, he was the eldest of two children born to Jüri Grossthal and Maria Hansen; his younger sister Helmi was born in 1908. The family would later change their surname to the more Estonian Suurorg when the children were young. His mother Maria was the younger sister of writer A. H. Tammsaare, whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of 20th-century Estonian literature.L. Siimisker, A.Palm. A.H Tammsaare. Eesti Rammat. Tallinn 1978. P:64
=Career=
Beginning in 1922, Suurorg would spend nearly forty years performing at the Estonian Drama Theatre and would also produce a number of plays at the theatre.[http://tmm.ee/maaligalerii/?sisu=kujutatavad Eesti ajakirjanduse analüütiline bibliograafia] Retrieved 28 November 2016. He would also appear in a number of radio plays.[http://www.teater.ee/teater_eestis/lavastused/P%C3%B5runud_aru_%C3%B5nnistus.play_id-1793 Põrunud aru õnnistus - Teater.ee] Retrieved 28 November 2016.
Aside from theatre and radio, Suurorg appeared in a number of films. He made his film debut in the 1955 Estonian drama Jahid merel (English: Yachts at Sea); followed by the Herbert Rappaport directed Andruse õnn the same year. His most prominent film role was that of the charchter Lindkvist in the 1959 drama Veealused karid, based on the Aadu Hint-penned play Kuhu lähed, seltsimees direktor?.{{Cite web |title=Arno Suurorg - Eesti filmi andmebaas |url=https://www.efis.ee/et/inimesed/id/6390/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=www.efis.ee}}
=Death=
Arno Suurorg died on 3 January 1960 in Tallinn at age 56.{{Cite web |title=Kunst |url=https://www.sirp.ee/archive/2003/04.07.03/Varia/varia1-1.html |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=www.sirp.ee}}
=Acknowledgements=
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1846130|name=Arno Suurorg}}
- Photograph of Arno Suurorg at [http://www.ra.ee/fotis/index.php?type=2&id=89970 Fotis: Rahvusarhiivi Fotode Andmebaas]
- 1958 Portrait of Arno Suurorg painted by Roman Treumann at [http://tmm.ee/maaligalerii/?isik=226 Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseumi maaligalerii]
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Category:People from Lääne-Nigula Parish
Category:People from Kreis Wiek
Category:Estonian male stage actors
Category:Estonian male film actors