Liina Reiman (née Liina Põlde; 14 November 1891, in Valga – 11 September 1961, in

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) was an

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n actress. She started her stage career in 1910 at

Vanemuine Theatre Vanemuine () is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It is the first Estonian language, Estonian-language theatre. Stemming from the Vanemuine Society (1865), the theatre's first performance was Lydia Koidula's ''Saaremaa Onupoeg'' ("The cousin from S ...

. 1912–1915 she worked at Endla Theatre in

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. Later she worked at Estonia Theatre, Tallinn Drama Theatre, Vanemuine Theatre. 1933–1938 she performed also a lot in Finland. From 1944 she lived and worked in Finland. Reiman was married to Estonian composer and conductor Raimund Kull. She died on 11 September 1961 Helsinki. In 1980 she was reburied in Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.

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1891 births 1961 deaths Estonian stage actresses Estonian film actresses Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Finland People from Valga, Estonia Burials at Metsakalmistu {{Estonia-actor-stub