Elsa Ratassepp
{{Short description|Estonian stage, radio, and film actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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| name = Elsa Ratassepp
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|03|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Raadi-Kruusamäe, Tartu County, Estonia
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|05|04|1893|03|07|df=yes}}
| death_place = Tartu, Estonia
| nationality = Estonian
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1912-1972
| spouse = Rudolf Ratassepp
| children = Valdeko Ratassepp (1912-1977)
Valda Ratassepp-Avasalu (1914-2014)
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Elsa Ratassepp (7 March 1893 – 4 May 1972), was an Estonian stage, radio and film actress whose career spanned six decades.
Early life and career
Elsa Ratassepp was born in Raadi-Kruusamäe, a neighbourhood of Tartu. She joined the Vanemuine theatre as an actress in 1916 and was later a founder and actress in the travelling Rändteater based in Tallinn. The Rändteater troupe lasted from 1926 until 1928.Sirp ja Vasar, no. 1. 3 January 1958. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
Ratassepp had a long stage career throughout the 1910s and into the late 1960s. However, she didn't make a film appearance until the 1959 Juli Kun and Kaljo Kiisk directed comedy Vallatud kurvid for Tallinna Kinostuudio.[http://etv.err.ee/v/mangufilmid/saated/145dc229-ae3b-42e1-b8e0-9fee620c23f9/mangufilm-vallatud-kurvid-eesti-1959 etv.err.ee] Mängufilm Vallatud kurvid (Eesti 1959) 1 January 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2016. This was followed by the role of Triinu in the 1962 Igor Jeltsov directed melodrama Ühe katuse all, based on the novel of the same name by Hans Leberecht. Ratassepp's film career was most prolific in the 1960s. Memorable performances include the role of Mari in the 1963 Kaljo Kiisk directed drama Jäljed;[http://maaleht.delfi.ee/news/maaleht/elu/jaljed-kui-rinne-jookseb-labi-talude-perede-ja-armusuhete?id=39218851 Maahleht] "Jäljed“ – kui rinne jookseb läbi talude, perede ja armusuhete 29 January 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2016. the 1966 Jüri Müür directed drama Kirjad Sõgedate külast; the 1968 Leida Laius directed drama Libahunt, which was based on the play of the same name by Estonian author August Kitzberg;[http://erb.nlib.ee/?kid=28960154 Eesti Rahvusbibliograafia.] Retrieved 17 December 2016. and in the 1968 Jüri Müür directed drama Inimesed sõdurisinelis, based on the novel Enn Kalmu kaks mina, written by Paul Kuusberg.[http://www.efis.ee/et/inimesed/id/4864/ Eesti Filmi Andmebaas]. Received 17 December 2016.[https://mubi.com/films/inimesed-sodurisinelis/cast mubi.com] Inimesed Sõdurisinelis Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Personal life
Elsa Ratassepp was married to stage and film actor Rudolf Ratassepp.Postimees Rudolf Ratassepp Lavategelasena no. 310. 14 November 1926. Retrieved 17 December 2016.[https://kartoteek.ajaloomuuseum.ee/nimistud/T312%20Elsa%20ja%20Rudolf%20Ratassepp.pdf ajaloomuuseum.ee/teatri-ja-muusikamuuseum] Retrieved 17 December 2016. The couple had two children; son Valdeko Ratassepp, born in 1912, who would also become a stage and film actor; and a daughter, Valda Ratassepp-Avasalu, born in 1914, would become a dancer and actress.[http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/ratassepp_valda1 Eesti Entsüklopeedia]. Retrieved 17 December 2016. Rudolf Ratassepp would die in prison custody in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 1942 while detained by Soviet authorities.[http://www.sirp.ee/archive/2001/30.03.01/Varia/varia1-1.html Sirp] Retrieved 17 December 2016. Elsa Ratassepp died in 1972 in Tartu, aged 79.{{Cite web|url=http://etbl.teatriliit.ee/artikkel/ratassepp_elsa2|title=Ratassepp, Elsa - Eesti Entsüklopeedia|website=etbl.teatriliit.ee}}
Acknowledgements
- Merited Artist of the Estonian SSR (1958)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1834014|name=Elsa Ratassepp}}
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Category:Estonian stage actresses
Category:Estonian film actresses