Herta Elviste (12 June 1923 – 29 October 2015), was an Estonian stage, film and television actress and assistant theatre director whose career spanned nearly seventy years.
Memorable roles of the period have been in productions of works by such authors and playwrights as: Carlo Goldoni, Leo Tolstoy, Hella Wuolijoki, Henrik Ibsen, A. H. Tammsaare and D. L.
"[5][6][7] During her years at the theatre, she performed in a large variety of stage productions by such international playwrights and authors as: Alexander Griboyedov, August Strindberg, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Maxim Gorky, Molière, Astrid Lindgren, Martin McDonagh, and Ingmar Bergman, among others.
Notable performances at the Vanemuine in works by Estonian playwrights and authors include those of: Juhan Smuul, Boris Kõrver, Hugo Raudsepp, August Kitzberg, Paul-Eerik Rummo, A. H. Tammsaare, Oskar Luts and Mart Kivastik.
[8] Herta Elviste would make her film debut in the role of Maali in the 1961 Jüri Müür directed Soviet-Estonian black and white drama Ühe küla mehed for Tallinna Kinostuudio.
This was followed in 1963, by a role in the Lilli Promet penned and Veljo Käsper directed color motion picture film short drama Roosa kübar.
In 1979, she appeared in the Jaan Tooming-directed Eesti Televisioon (ETV) telefilm Mees ja mänd, opposite actor Heikki Haravee[11][12] Other made for television films include: Kahe kodu ballaad in 1985, and Armuke in 2000.