Promet was born in
Petseri (now
Pechory, Russia) to the Estonian painter
Aleksander Promet. After graduating from Tallinn Primary School No. 18, she entered the
State Industrial Art School in 1935, from which she graduated in spring 1940. In autumn, she was asked to work at the newspaper
Noorte Hääl. After the outbreak of World War II, she and her family were forced to leave their home and evacuated to
Tatarstan. In summer 1943, Promet went to work at
Estonian-language radio in
blockaded Leningrad. From 1944 to 1951, she worked as a journalist in Tallinn. Promet died on her 85th birthday in
Tallinn. She is buried at
Metsakalmistu Cemetery in Tallinn. She was married to the writer
Ralf Parve (1919–2011). Their son
Ralf R. Parve (1946–2008) was a journalist and politician. ==Filmography==