
Katrin Välbe
Known for Acting · 19 credits
- Born
- 1904-10-31
- Died
- 1981-07-05
- Place of birth
- Võru, Estonia
- Also known as
- Jekaterina Poska
Biography
Katrin Välbe (until 1929 Jekaterina Poska; October 31, 1904 – July 5, 1981) was an Estonian actress. Katrin Välbe was born Jekaterina Poska in Võru to Gabriel and Lydia Poska. Her father was a lawyer and her uncles included statesman Jaan Poska, politician Mihkel Poska, and Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church clergymen Nikolai and Paul Poska.
After graduating from secondary school, she initially enrolled at the University of Tartu in 1922 to study medical sciences, leaving after one year. In 1930, she graduated from the Drama Theatre School in Tallinn, having studied under drama pedagogue Hilda Gleser.
From 1931 until 1944, she worked at Tallinna Töölisteater, from 1945 until 1946 at Noorsooteater, 1946 until 1949 at Estonia Theatre, and from 1949 until 1951 and again from 1952 until 1971 at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles, she also performed as a film actress beginning in the early 1950s, as well as appearing in radio plays and several television films.
In 1958, Välbe was awarded as Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (18)

Summer
1976
as Parish Clerk's Wife

Forest Captain
1972
as Woman with a Monkey

Gladiator
1971
as Reet

Traces
1964

A Woman Heats the Sauna
1979
as Aita

Windy Beach
1971
as Anu

Ice Run
1963
as Maris Jõgel

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
1977

Little Requiem for Harmonica
1972

The Sun and the Rain
1960
as Commandant

Kui saabub õhtu
1955
as Innkeeper's wife

Between Three Plagues
1970
as Beggar at Church (uncredited)

Naughty Curves
1959

In the Backyard
1957
as Veika

Underwater Reefs
1959

Bonycrone and Captain Drum
1979
as (voice)

Pöördel
1957
as Anu Vutt

Watercolors of One Summer
1967
as Juula
About Katrin Välbe
Katrin Välbe (until 1929 Jekaterina Poska; October 31, 1904 – July 5, 1981) was an Estonian actress. Katrin Välbe was born Jekaterina Poska in Võru to Gabriel and Lydia Poska. Her father was a lawyer and her uncles included statesman Jaan Poska, politician Mihkel Poska, and Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church clergymen Nikolai and Paul Poska. After graduating from secondary school, she initially enrolled at the University of Tartu in 1922 to study medical sciences, leaving after one year. In 1930, she graduated from the Drama Theatre School in… With 19 credits spanning from 1955 to 1979, Katrin Välbe has appeared in 18 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Katrin Välbe Movies
- Summer (1976) — as Parish Clerk's Wife
- Forest Captain (1972) — as Woman with a Monkey
- Gladiator (1971) — as Reet
- Traces (1964)
- A Woman Heats the Sauna (1979) — as Aita
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