Priit Raudkivi (actor)
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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 State Theater Institute of the Estonian SSR in 1950. He participated in the Second World War as part of the Estonian Rifle Corps.[1]
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).[1] From 1959 to 1963, he was a director's assistant at Tallinnfilm, and from 1963 he led amateur acting circles.[1][3]
Raudkivi wrote dramatizations (including Eduard Vilde's Kippari unerohi).[4]
