Katrin Välbe

Born: 1904-10-31

Katrin Välbe (until 1929 Jekaterina Poska; 31 October 1904 – 5 July 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.


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as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-13

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Forest Captain

as Woman with a Monkey
Released: 1972-02-16

Sailing to South America, the sailing ship "Fortuna" gets stuck in a calm in the middle of the...

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Ice Run

as Maris Jõgel
Released: 1962-07-16

Two proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have...

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Summer

as Parish Clerk's Wife
Released: 1976-05-10

In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned...

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Naughty Curves

as uncredited
Released: 1959-12-27

If Vaike, a student and athlete from Tartu, arrives to Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa speedway, the...

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Windy Beach

as Anu
Released: 1971-01-03

The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of...

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Pimedad aknad

as uncredited
Released: 1968-04-01

In September 1944, Estonia is on the brink of being released from under the occupation of Nazi...

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Woman Heating the Sauna

as Aita
Released: 1979-01-02

The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to...

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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

as uncredited
Released: 1977-06-08

The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet...

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In the Backyard

as Veika
Released: 1957-02-13

The story of the distressed residents living in poor slums during the economic crisis of the...

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The Sun and the Rain

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-04

Jaak is a young labourer always facing some kind of issues and it seems he always rides for a...

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Kui saabub õhtu

as Innkeeper's wife
Released: 1955-04-25

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Kunksmoor and Captain Trumm

as (voice)
Released: 1979-03-01

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Ühe suve akvarellid

as Juula
Released: 1967-01-01

The story of a young art student who goes to the countryside for a summer internship in...

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