Ita Ever

Biography

Ita Ever (born Ilse Ever; April 1, 1931 – August 9, 2023) was an Estonian film, radio, theater and television actress. She was widely regarded as a Grand Old Lady of Estonian theatre.

Ever began her career in 1953 as a stage actress and has appeared in numerous Estonian and Russian film productions. She was formerly married to Estonian actor Eino Baskin and was the mother of director/actor Roman Baskin.

In 1983, she starred as Miss Marple in Secret of the Blackbirds (Russian: Тайна «Чёрных дроздов», Tayna chyornykh drozdov), the Russian language film adaption of Agatha Christie's novel A Pocket Full of Rye.

She had appeared in stage and film productions based on the works of: Oskar Luts, A. H. Tammsaare, Mats Traat, Agatha Christie, Nikolai Gogol, William Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov.

Known For

ENSV

Meeta

Mood Breaker

Various

Pimedad aknad

Spring

Arno's Mother

Autumn

Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir"

Cobra

The Power of Fear

Old Lady

Regina

Gerta

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2020	The Salmons: 25 Years Later	Ella Salmon
2016	When You Least Expect It	Andres' Mother
2013	Living Images	Helmi
2012	A Lady in Paris	Mare
2012	Baskin	Self
2006	The Power of Fear	Old Lady
2006	Visit of an Old Lady	Claire Zachanassian
2005	Fed Up!	Mother
2003	Amber Wings
2001	Cobra
1993	Tear of the Prince of Darkness	Mrs. Kaar
1992	Luukas	Liisbet
1990	Autumn	Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir"
1990	Three Jolly Fellows	The Cat Lady (voice)
1990	Peril at End House	Milly Croft
1990	Regina	Gerta
1989	Doctor Stockmann
1989	Stolen Meeting	Doctor
1988	State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind
1988	Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1987	Three Jolly Fellows 2	The Cat Lady (voice)
1984	Three Jolly Fellows	The Cat Lady (voice)
1983	Secret of the Blackbirds	Miss Marple
1981	Igihaljas vaatemäng	self
1981	The Smacking Sea	Toora Jookus / Lööne
1981	Bumpy	Moor
1980	The Master of Kõrboja	Eevi's Mother
1979	The Visitor
1979	Bonycrone and Captain Drum	Bonycrone (voice)
1979	A Woman Heats the Sauna	Anu
1978	Bonycrone	Bonycrone (voice)
1978	The Pastor of Reigi	Old Hag
1977	Ask the Dead About the Price of Death	Old Prostitute
1977	Time to Live, Time to Love
1977	My Wife Became a Grandmother	Woman
1975	A Romper	Grandmother (voice)
1974	An Unusual Story	Mother
1973	Fire in the Night	Selgeltnägija
1972	Little Requiem for Harmonica	Teacher
1970	Spring	Arno's Mother
1970	Between Three Plagues	Beggar at Russow's (uncredited)
1967	What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?	Helvi Kaartna
1963	Under the Same Roof	Laine Arro
1958	Days of June	Secretary
1957	In the Backyard	Tatjana
1955	Andrus' Happiness	Reet

Year	TV Show	Role
2010	ENSV	Meeta
2008	Mood Breaker	Various
1969	Pimedad aknad