Helene Vannari March 20 1948 March 16 2022 was an Estonian stage radio television and film actress Vannari was born in the town of KilingiNõmme in Pärnu County Her father was a forestry teacher and her mother was an archivist She is one of two siblings both girls When Vannari was threeyearsold her family moved to Tartu where she attended schools including studying at the Vanemuine drama studio graduating in 1966 At age seven her father died and she was raised by her mother In 1970 she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory Performing Arts Department now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre During her studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory she met and befriended classmate Ene Järvis The two would become lifelong friends