Mari Lill was born on 21 December 1945 and is an Estonian stage, film and television actress whose career began onstage in the late 1960s.
12 Facts About Mari Lill
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Mari Lill was born in Tallinn to Felix Lill and Asta Lill just after the end of World War II and the Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia.
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Mari Lill was later able to return to the family when Mari was quite young.
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Mari Lill grew up and attended schools in the district of Nomme and spent time visiting her grandmother on the island of Saaremaa.
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Mari Lill remained with the Youth Theatre for nine years, leaving in 1977.
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In 1977, Mari Lill began performing at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, where she is still currently engaged as an actress.
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In 1990, Mari Lill appeared in the Sulev Keedus directed feature-length television drama Ainus puhapaev.
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Mari Lill has made appearances in a number of roles on Estonian television series, including; the popular, long-running ETV drama series Onne 13 in 1995; the ETV crime drama Ohtlik lend in 2006; the Kanal 2 mystery-horror serial Suvahavva in 2012; the ETV political satire series Riigimehed in 2013; the Kanal 2 crime drama Viimane vomm; the TV3 serial Uheotsapilet in 2016; and several episodes of the popular TV3 comedy-crime series Kattemaksukontor in 2016.
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In 1977, Mari Lill made her feature film debut in the Kaljo Kiisk directed drama Surma hinda kusi surnutelt for Tallinnfilm.
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In 1992, Mari Lill appeared in a small role in the Aare Tilk directed family drama Tule tagasi, Lumumba, based on the Toomas Raudam story Lugu Reinust.
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Mari Lill would spend much of the late 1990s and early 2000s in the theatre.
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Mari Lill would resume her film career in 2007, with a small role in the Veiko Ounpuu black comedy Sugisball.