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 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. She died in Tallinn in 1981 and was buried at Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.
Pimedad aknad
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Movie pageAsk the Dead About the Price of Death
as uncreditedThe attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet...
Movie pageWindy Beach
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Movie pageThe Sun and the Rain
as uncreditedJaak is a young labourer always facing some kind of issues and it seems he always rides for a...
Movie pageA Woman Heats the Sauna
as AitaThe story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to...
Movie pageÜhe suve akvarellid
as JuulaThe story of a young art student who goes to the countryside for a summer internship in...
Movie pageForest Captain
as Woman with a MonkeySailing to South America, the sailing ship "Fortuna" gets stuck in a calm in the middle of the...
Movie pageIce Run
as Maris JõgelTwo proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have...
Movie pageIn the Backyard
as VeikaThe story of the distressed residents living in poor slums during the economic crisis of the...
Movie pageNaughty Curves
as uncreditedWhen Vaike, a student and athlete from Tartu, arrives to Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa speedway, the...
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