Herta Elviste

Biography

Herta Elviste was an Estonian actress and assistant theatre director whose career spanned nearly seventy years. She began her stage career at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu at 17 and made her stage debut at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu in 1958. Elviste was known for memorable roles in productions of works by notable authors and playwrights, including Goldoni, Tolstoy, and Ibsen.