Maria Klenskaja
Known for Acting · 34 credits
- Born
- 1951-01-29
- Died
- 2022-01-06
- Place of birth
- Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tartu County, Estonia]
- Also known as
- Maria Klenskaya · Мария Каленская · Marija Klenskaja · Мария Кирилловна Кленская · М. Кленская · M. Klenskaya
Biography
Maria Klenskaja (January 29, 1951 – January 6, 2022) was an Estonian actress.
Klenskaja was born in Tartu, of Russian parentage. From 1968 until 1970, she worked in the Estonian State Youth Theatre in Tallinn as a make-up artist and in the prop department. In 1974 she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. Since 1974 she had been a contracted actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre. She was also engaged as an actress at the Vanalinnastuudio for one year, beginning in 1989.
Besides theatre roles she also had a successful film career and appeared on television and in radio theatre.
Klenskaja was in a relationship with actor Aarne Üksküla for over thirty years, until his death in 2017. Klenskaja died on 6 January 2022, aged 70, following a prolonged illness.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (31)
Hit Back
1975
Breakfast on the Grass
1987
as (voice) (uncredited)
Smile at Last
1985
as Ülo's Lover
Cabbage Head
1993
as (voice)
Three Jolly Fellows 2
1987
as Muhv (voice)
Handmaiden
1990
Stolen Meeting
1989
as Valentina Saar
Grisha
1996
Three Jolly Fellows
1984
as Muhv (voice)
The Sunny Kids
1992
Awakening
1990
as City Woman
Murder on the 31st Floor
1981
as Anna Hollman's friend
Three Jolly Fellows
1990
as Muhv (voice)
The Fencer
2015
as Teacher
The Great Magician
2007
as Aunt Ursula
The Gang
1986
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
1977
as Ester
Friends, Comrades
1990
as Madam
The Little Comrade
2018
as Grandma Minna Katariina
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
1992
as Tom's Mother
You Are My Only Love
1993
as Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya)
Autumn
1990
as Liisi Paavel
Georg
2007
as Ingeborg
The Triangle
1982
as Julia (voice) (uncredited)
Those Old Love-letters
1992
as Mrs. Muna (uncredited)
The Joys of Midlife
1987
as Pille Loorits
In One Hundred Years in May
1987
as Alma Oinas
Visit of an Old Lady
2006
as Police Chief's Wife
Indrek
1976
as Miralda
On the Water
2021
as Mamma
Doctor Stockmann
1989
as Katrine Stockmann
About Maria Klenskaja
Maria Klenskaja (January 29, 1951 – January 6, 2022) was an Estonian actress. Klenskaja was born in Tartu, of Russian parentage. From 1968 until 1970, she worked in the Estonian State Youth Theatre in Tallinn as a make-up artist and in the prop department. In 1974 she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. Since 1974 she had been a contracted actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre. She was also engaged as an actress at the Vanalinnastuudio for one year, beginning in 1989. Besides theatre roles she also had a… With 34 credits spanning from 1975 to 2021, Maria Klenskaja has appeared in 31 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maria Klenskaja Movies
- Hit Back (1975)
- Breakfast on the Grass (1987) — as (voice) (uncredited)
- Smile at Last (1985) — as Ülo's Lover
- Cabbage Head (1993) — as (voice)
- Three Jolly Fellows 2 (1987) — as Muhv (voice)
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