[3] In 1947, shortly after graduating from secondary school, Vihandi began a year-long engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu as a soprano choral singer.
The following year, she joined the Endla Theatre in Pärnu as an actress, dancer, and choral singer, leaving in 1950.
All three of which were produced by Tallinna Kinostuudio (now, Tallinnfilm) and directed by Vihandi's second husband Aleksandr Mandrõkin.
[3] In 1972, she had a small role in the popular Sulev Nõmmik-directed comedy television film Noor pensionär for Eesti Telefilm.
[6] In 1947, at age eighteen, Asta Kronberg married singer, actor, and photographer Oskar Vihandi.