Eili Sild

Eili Sild born October 26 1942 is an Estonian stage film television and radio actress whose career began on the theatre stage in the early 1960s and has spanned over fifty years Eili Sild was born in Tallinn She attended the Tallinn 7th Secondary School now the Tallinn English College graduating in 1961 In 1963 she graduated from the Tallinn Feature and Newsreel Film Studio now Tallinnfilm and afterwards studied acting at the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts GITIS now the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow where she graduated in 1976 Eili Silds first substantial film role was that of Maia in the 1964 Grigori Kromanov and Jüri Müürdirected blackandwhite drama Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan for Tallinnfilm based on the multilayered eponymously titled 1939 novel by A H Tammsaare This was followed in 1966 by the Jüri Müürdirected drama Kirjad Sõgedate külast also for Tallinnfilm and based on several works by author Juhan Smuul In 1977 Sild was cast in another small role as a housewife in the Jüri Müürdirected Tallinnfilm period piece drama Reigi õpetaja which was based on the 1926 novel Reigin Pappi The Pastor of Reigi by Finnish author Aino Kallas After a ten year absence Eili Sild returned to the screen in the role of a witch in the 1987 Tallinnfilm Metsluiged directed by Helle Karis The film was an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersens 1838 fairy tale The Wild Swans The following year she appeared in a two minor roles the Roman Baskindirected Tallinnfilm dramatic short Vernanda based on the 1968 Arvo Valtonpenned short story Vernanda leib and in the Elo Tustdirected short dramatic film Nõid starring Ülle Kaljuste and Enn Kraam Both film shorts were produced for Tallinnfilm In 1992 Sild made a small appearance in the Lembit Ulfsakdirected family comedy Lammas all paremas nurgas which follows the adventures of two young boys who discover a painting that was believed to be lost long ago The following year she appeared in another small role in the Pekka Karjalainendirected FinnishEstonian comedy Hysteria In 2012 Sild returned to the screen as the character Ilme in the Anna Hintsdirected dramatic short Vaba maa opposite actors Rita Raave and Raivo Trass