Priit Raudkivi (actor)
{{Short description|Estonian actor (1920 – 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Priit Raudkivi
| image =
| birth_name = Friedrich Raudkivi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Paatsalu, Estonia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|5|3|1920|5|29|mf=y}}
| death_place = Tallinn, Estonian SSR,
Soviet Union
| nationality = Estonian
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Actor
}}
Priit Raudkivi (né Friedrich Raudkivi; May 29, 1920 – May 3, 1970) was an Estonian actor.{{cite news |title=Priit Raudkivi |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=uhistoo19700507.2.19&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=January 3, 2024 |work=Ühistöö |issue=53 |date=May 7, 1970 |pages=4}}{{cite book |title=A ja O taskuteatmik: sünnipäevad. Nimed. Kalender 2006 |date=2005 |publisher=Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastuse AS |location=Tallinn |page=171}}
Early life and education
Raudkivi was born in Paatsalu, Estonia, to Villem Raudkivi (1872–1960) and Miina Raudkivi (née Pajuwidik, 1885–1956). Both of his parents were postal clerks. He studied at the commercial school in Tallinn and graduated from the {{ill|State Theater Institute of the Estonian SSR|et|Eesti NSV Riiklik Teatriinstituut}} in 1950. He participated in the Second World War as part of the Estonian Rifle Corps.
Career
Raudkivi was a journalist for Rahva Hääl in 1946. From 1946 to 1949, he worked as an actor at the Estonia Theater, and from 1949 to 1959 at the Drama Theater (as the head of the teaching studio there). From 1959 to 1963, he was a director's assistant at Tallinnfilm, and from 1963 he led amateur acting circles.{{cite book |last1=Orav |first1=Õie |title=Tallinnfilm: Mängufilmid 1947–1976 |date=2003 |publisher=Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus |location=Tallinn |page=22}}
Raudkivi wrote dramatizations (including Eduard Vilde's Kippari unerohi).{{cite book |last1=Raudkivi |first1=Priit |last2=Vilde |first2=Eduard |title=Kippari unerohi Dramatiseering 3 vaatuses, 6 pildis (E. Vilde samanimelise jutustuse järgi) |date=1956 |publisher=Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus |location=Tallinn}}
Filmography
- 1959: Vallatud kurvid, first assistant director
- 1960: {{ill|Perekond Männard|et|Perekond Männard}}, assistant director
- 1962: {{ill|Ühe küla mehed|et|Ühe küla mehed}}, assistant director
Family
Raudkivi was married to the radio journalist Hilda Raudkivi (1927–1997). His son is the historian Priit Raudkivi (born 1954).
References
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Category:People from Lääneranna Parish
Category:20th-century Estonian male actors
Category:8th Estonian Rifle Corps personnel
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