Stage From 1965 until 1973, Anne Margiste was engaged as an actress at the
Rakvere Theatre in
Rakvere. Her first major role was that of Miranda in a 1966 production of
Max Frisch's
Don Juan or The Love of Geometry. Margiste left the Rakvere Theatre in 1973 to join the
Ugala Theatre in
Viljandi, where she was engaged until 2005. During her long stage career, she has appeared in productions in works by such varied international playwrights and authors as:
Eduardo De Filippo,
Ray Lawler,
Anton Chekhov,
Lope de Vega,
William Shakespeare,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
Molière,
Lion Feuchtwanger,
George Bernard Shaw,
Truman Capote,
Oscar Wilde,
Tennessee Williams,
Frank Marcus,
Isaac Babel,
Leo Tolstoy,
Alexander Ostrovsky,
Friedrich von Schiller,
Mark Twain,
J. B. Priestley,
Eino Leino, and
Isaac Bashevis Singer. She also appeared in many productions in works by Estonian playwrights and authors, most memorably in productions of works by:
A. H. Tammsaare,
Oskar Luts,
Hella Wuolijoki,
Juhan Smuul,
August Gailit,
Jaan Kruusvall,
Aino Kallas, Jaan Oksa and Ingomar Vihmari.
Film and television and voice Anne Margiste has also appeared in several Estonian films. Her first role was in the 1991 Jüri Sillart directed drama
Noorelt õpitud for
Tallinnfilm. This was followed by appearances in three short films;
Hüvasti igaveseks, värdjad! in 2003, and
Hirm and
Sügise palett in 2010. In 2015, Margiste had a small role in the
Elmo Nüganen directed war-drama
1944 for
Taska Film. In addition to her work on the stage and film, Margiste has appeared in several television series. Most notably, in the
Kanal 2 crime series
Kelgukoerad, the long-running
Eesti Televisioon (ETV) drama serial
Õnne 13, the Kanal 2 crime series
Siberi võmm, the Kanal 2 drama series
Saladused, and most recently, in the
TV3 comedy-crime series
Kättemaksukontor in 2017 as the character Marta Suvi. Margiste has also recorded a large number of audio books from several authors for the Estonian Library for the Blind. ==Personal life==