During her years on the stages of Estonian theatres, she would appear in notable productions of works by: Shakespeare, Eugene O'Neill, Hella Wuolijoki, Aleksei Arbuzov, A. H. Tammsaare, August Mälk, Alexander Ostrovsky, August Kitzberg, Oskar Luts and Anton Chekhov, among others.
[4][5][6] In 1951 Rauer made her film debut as Roosi in the Herbert Rappaport directed drama Valgus Koordis for Lenfilm.
The plot of Valgus Koordis follows the struggle of a small village to set up a collective farm after the end of World War II.
In 1967, she appeared in the Lilli Promet penned, Veljo Käsper directed drama Tütarlaps mustas for Tallinnfilm.
[11] She had also appeared in a number of roles in feature-length television films, including the 1960 Virve Aruoja directed Näitleja Joller, starring Voldemar Panso, for Eesti Telefilm.
[12] In 1997, at age 83, she was approached by film and television director Tõnis Kask about appearing as a regular cast member on the long-running ETV drama series Õnne 13.