Volli Käro

Volli Käro born Vladimir Käro December 13 1940 is an Estonian actor Volli Käro was born in Kirov Oblast in Russia to Estonian parents Fidrik and Erika Käro who had been resettled in the area as part of the Stolypin reform He was one of eight siblings At age four the family were able to return to Estonia and settled for a while in Loksa and Vihula Käro attended schools in VäikeMaarja before his father died when Käro was ten Afterward the family moved several more times Because of his familys poor financial situation after the death of his father he worked on a collective farm following primary school It was during a school trip to Tallinn that Käro became interested in theatre after watching Estonian ballerina Helmi Puur perform in Swan Lake Afterward he took dance lessons After graduating from secondary school in 1960 he began working at the VäikeMaarja cultural centre as an artistic instructor then the artistic director and finally the director In 1964 he applied to the Estonian SSR State Institute of Music and Theatre now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre to work under the tutelage of theatre actor and director Voldemar Panso but was not accepted Volli Käro is married to stage actress Viive Käro née Aamisepp He resides in Rakvere and has a summer home in Kärdla on the island of Hiiumaa His son Allan Käro is a historian and his first cousin once removed is actor Kirill Käro