Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 29, 1951
Place of Birth:
Tartu, Tartu County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Maria Klenskaja
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | On the Water | Mamma |
| 2018 | The Little Comrade | Grandma Minna Katariina |
| 2015 | The Fencer | Teacher |
| 2007 | The Great Magician | Aunt Ursula |
| 2007 | Georg | Ingeborg |
| 2006 | Visit of an Old Lady | Police Chief's Wife |
| 1996 | Grisha | |
| 1993 | You Are My Only Love | Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya) |
| 1993 | Cabbage Head | (voice) |
| 1992 | Those Old Love-letters | Mrs. Muna (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Lamb in the Down Right Corner | Tom's Mother |
| 1992 | The Sunny Kids | |
| 1990 | Autumn | Liisi Paavel |
| 1990 | Three Jolly Fellows | Muhv (voice) |
| 1990 | Friends, Comrades | Madam |
| 1990 | Handmaiden | |
| 1990 | Awakening | City Woman |
| 1989 | Doctor Stockmann | Katrine Stockmann |
| 1989 | Stolen Meeting | Valentina Saar |
| 1987 | The Joys of Midlife | Pille Loorits |
| 1987 | In One Hundred Years in May | Alma Oinas |
| 1987 | Three Jolly Fellows 2 | Muhv (voice) |
| 1987 | Breakfast on the Grass | (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1986 | The Gang | |
| 1985 | Smile at Last | Ülo's Lover |
| 1984 | Three Jolly Fellows | Muhv (voice) |
| 1982 | The Triangle | Julia (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Murder on the 31st Floor | Anna Hollman's friend |
| 1977 | Ask the Dead About the Price of Death | Ester |
| 1976 | Indrek | Miralda |
| 1975 | Hit Back |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Revenge Office | Olga |
| 2006 | Ohtlik Lend | Ella Juntas |
| 1995 | The Boys of Wikman | Mrs. Jakovleva |