Ada Lundver (9 February 1942 – 6 October 2011) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n film actress and media personality. She appeared in nearly thirty films.

Life

Lundver was born in

Käina Parish Käina Parish was a rural municipality of Hiiu County, Estonia on the southeastern part of the island. Settlements There was 1 Populated places in Estonia, small borough () Käina and 34 villages: Aadma, Allika, Hiiu County, Allika, Esiküla, J ...

(now,

Hiiumaa Parish Hiiumaa Parish ( Estonian: ''Hiiumaa vald'') is a rural municipality of Estonia on the island of Hiiumaa. Hiiumaa Parish was established by merging Emmaste Parish, Hiiu Parish, Käina Parish and Pühalepa Parish after the municipal elections h ...

), on the island of

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa ( , ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

in 1942. She used to spend each summer on the island with her grandmother. In 1960 Lundver was working in a shoe factory in

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. The following year, her life was transformed as she was acting with the State Philharmonic of the Estonian SSR. She was chosen from nearly 250 other applicants. She completed a course in pop singing before acting more. She and

Eve Kivi Eve Kivi (born Eeve Kivi on 8 May 1938) is an Estonian actress. Biography In 1959 she graduated from the Estonian Drama Theatre's learning studio. She has worked at Tallinnfilm and Mosfilm. Since 1955 she has appeared in about 50 films. From ...

became the most well known Estonian actresses. She made films in the 60s, and signed an agreement to make more films in 1969 - becoming the "German slut in Russian movies". She married

Mikk Mikiver Mikk Mikiver (4 September 1937 – 9 January 2006) was a prominent Estonian stage and film actor and theater director. Biography Mikiver was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Tallinn in 1961. He then went ...

in 1971 and then made many more films. She made nearly thirty in total including "Cold Land", "What Happened to Andres Lapeteus" and "Noon Barge". Her marriage to Mikk Mikiver ended in 1983. Lundver drank a lot after her career subsided. She died in

in 2011 and was buried at the city's Forest Cemetery beside her husband.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lundver, Ada 1942 births 2011 deaths Estonian film actresses Estonian stage actresses Estonian television actresses 20th-century Estonian women singers People from Hiiumaa Parish Burials at Metsakalmistu 20th-century Estonian actresses 21st-century Estonian actresses