Ants Lauter

Ants Lauter (July 5, 1894 – October 30, 1973) was an Estonian actor, theatre director and pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1948). He was born in Veski, Wiek County, and died, aged 79, in Tallinn. Since 1974 the Ants Lauter Award has been given to a young stage actor or theatre director.