Ivo Eensalu was born on 3 April 1949 and is an Estonian actor and theatre director.
12 Facts About Ivo Eensalu
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Ivo Eensalu became widely known after appearing on the Eesti Televisioon children's educational television series Mommi ja aabits.
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Ivo Eensalu graduated from Jarvakandi Secondary School in 1967 and enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Tallinn State Conservatory the following year, studying drama with instructor Voldemar Panso, and graduating in 1972.
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Ivo Eensalu began an engagement the Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre in Tallinn in 1972, where he would remain until 1977.
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In 1977, Ivo Eensalu accepted an engagement as an actor and director at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, and in 1995, he became the theatre's principal director.
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Ivo Eensalu retired his position in 2001 and has been a freelance actor and director since; most notably, as a director of a number of productions at Old Baskin's Theatre, as well as Tallinn Town Hall and the Salme Cultural Center in Tallinn and the Rakvere Theatre.
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In 1972, Ivo Eensalu was cast in the role of Mommi in the Eesti Televisioon children's educational series Mommi ja aabits, based on writer Heljo Mand's 1971 short story Karu aabits.
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In 2011,2017,2019, and 2022, Ivo Eensalu appeared in and directed stage productions derived from Mommi ja aabits at several venues throughout Estonia.
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In 1982, Ivo Eensalu appeared in the ETV television musical comedy film Teisikud, directed by Leo Karpin.
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Ivo Eensalu has directed a number of teleplays for the Estonian Drama Theatre that aired on ETV, beginning with a 1983 production of Simo "Aapeli" Puupponen's The Whole City of Vinski.
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Ivo Eensalu made his feature film screen debut in the role of Vikerkaar in the 1974 Virve Aruoja and Jaan Tooming directed drama Varvilised unenaod.
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Ivo Eensalu has been a member of the Estonian Theatre Association since 1973, the Directors' Association since 1992, and the Actors' Union since 1993.