Hilda Gleser (8 July 1893, Viljandi – 25 August 1932, Tallinn) was an Estonian actress, director and theatre teacher.

1893] July in the city of Viljandi in the family of a bricklayer,[1] where she also received her primary and secondary education.

[1] She did not receive a professional theater education, but took acting lessons from the Finnish actress Hilma Rantanen,[1] and later improved her skills in Germany and Russia.

Among her best roles were: Puck (Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1919), Woman (Ernst Toller's The Man-Mass, 1922), Electra (Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Electra, 1923), Åse (Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, 1927), Mrs. Peachum (Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, 1930), Laura (Eduard Vilde's Musta mantliga mees, 1927), Tiina (August Kitzberg's Libahunt, 1928).

As the Theater Encyclopedia notes, "the images created by Gleser are marked by vivid character, sincerity, heroic direction, and are distinguished by a sharp, distinctive design and extreme expressiveness".