Bruno O'Ya | |
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Born | Bruno Oja 12 February 1933 |
Died | 9 October 2002 | (aged 69)
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
Bruno O'Ya (born Bruno Oja; 12 February 1933 – 9 October 2002) was an Estonian- Polish actor. In 1974 he starred in the Academy Award-nominated film The Deluge under Jerzy Hoffman. [1] He also appeared in the 1978 film Centaurs. He released a folk album with 12 songs in 1973. [2]
Born on February 12, 1933, in Tallinn. Bruno O'Ya's father was Verner Oja and his mother Hilda Oja, brother Kenno Oja. He was married four times, his daughter is Dominika 1986. [3] He studied piano with the Estonian composer Eugen Kapp. He worked in a pop music group in Tartu in 1951 and in the dance orchestra of the Riga Teacher's House from 1956 - 1964. From the end of the 1960s, he lived and worked mainly in Wrocław, Poland, but did not renounce his Soviet citizenship, as that was how he was able to visit Estonia. [4] In 1967, he changed his Estonian surname to a foreign one, henceforth writing the surname with a "Y" and adding a comma after the first letter, in order to simplify foreign contacts.
After Estonia regained its independence, Bruno O'Ya returned to Estonia, where he supervised a youth theater. On the initiative of Foreign Minister Trivim Velliste, Bruno O'Yas became the cultural attaché and honorary consul of the Republic of Estonia in Poland. In 1998 he suffered a stroke. He died on October 9, 2002, in Tartu. He is buried at the Metsakalmistu.
Bruno O'Ya | |
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Born | Bruno Oja 12 February 1933 |
Died | 9 October 2002 | (aged 69)
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
Bruno O'Ya (born Bruno Oja; 12 February 1933 – 9 October 2002) was an Estonian- Polish actor. In 1974 he starred in the Academy Award-nominated film The Deluge under Jerzy Hoffman. [1] He also appeared in the 1978 film Centaurs. He released a folk album with 12 songs in 1973. [2]
Born on February 12, 1933, in Tallinn. Bruno O'Ya's father was Verner Oja and his mother Hilda Oja, brother Kenno Oja. He was married four times, his daughter is Dominika 1986. [3] He studied piano with the Estonian composer Eugen Kapp. He worked in a pop music group in Tartu in 1951 and in the dance orchestra of the Riga Teacher's House from 1956 - 1964. From the end of the 1960s, he lived and worked mainly in Wrocław, Poland, but did not renounce his Soviet citizenship, as that was how he was able to visit Estonia. [4] In 1967, he changed his Estonian surname to a foreign one, henceforth writing the surname with a "Y" and adding a comma after the first letter, in order to simplify foreign contacts.
After Estonia regained its independence, Bruno O'Ya returned to Estonia, where he supervised a youth theater. On the initiative of Foreign Minister Trivim Velliste, Bruno O'Yas became the cultural attaché and honorary consul of the Republic of Estonia in Poland. In 1998 he suffered a stroke. He died on October 9, 2002, in Tartu. He is buried at the Metsakalmistu.