Maria Klenskaja

Born: 1951-01-29

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 had also had a successful film career and has 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.


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The Fencer

as Teacher
Released: 2015-03-13

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his...

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The Little Comrade

as Grandma Minna Katariina
Released: 2018-03-23

In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted...

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In One Hundred Years in May

as Alma Oinas
Released: 1986-11-27

Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three...

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Stolen Meeting

as Valentina Saar
Released: 1989-06-05

A mother released from a prison camp in Russia finds her son, but realises that reconciliation...

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Those Old Love Letters

as Mrs. Muna (uncredited)
Released: 1992-06-06

A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s,...

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Lamb in the Down Right Corner

as Tom's Mother
Released: 1992-12-18

A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost....

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You Are My Only Love

as Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya)
Released: 1993-02-01

A love story of two people which turns out into triangle... So the steady family walls do not...

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Georg

as Ingeborg
Released: 2007-10-05

Unforgettable melodies, unique timbre and a memorable, soul-stirring voice. A mystery for women...

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On the Water

as Mama
Released: 2020-11-22

Andres is a sensitive teenager raised by his strict grandparents in a small bland Soviet...

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Games for Teenagers

as Ülo's Lover
Released: 1985-11-28

A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage.

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Doctor Stockmann

as Katrine Stockmann
Released: 1989-07-10

Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers...

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Visit of an Old Lady

as Police Chief's Wife
Released: 2006-04-06

As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as...

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Friends, Comrades

as Madam
Released: 1990-11-16

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented...

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Grisha

as uncredited
Released: 1996-11-08

An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov...

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Awakening

as City Woman
Released: 1990-02-22

It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars...

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Breakfast on the Grass

as (voice)
Released: 1987-08-01

Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to...

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Autumn

as Liisi Paavel
Released: 1990-12-20

The main character of the film is Paunvere tailor Jorh Adniel Kiir. Two young seamstresses,...

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The Triangle

as Julia (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1982-01-01

A surreal view of marriage that actually grows funnier as it progresses through its fourteen...

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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

as Ester
Released: 1977-06-08

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

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The Joys of Midlife

as Pille Loorits
Released: 1987-07-06

Five people who have recently reached middle-age are driving through Estonia to visit a famous...

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Three Jolly Fellows 2

as Muhv (voice)
Released: 1987-09-12

The second part of the film based on Eno Raua's children's book of the same name, which tells...

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Indrek

as Miralda
Released: 1976-02-02

Based on the second part of the pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton H. Tammsaare.

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Гибель 31 отдела

as брюнетка
Released: 1981-06-13

Police officer Jensen orders the evacuation of a leading media group's office building after a...

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Three Jolly Fellows

as Muhv (voice)
Released: 1990-08-31

Three Jolly Fellows tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the...

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Hit Back

as uncredited
Released: 1975-06-18

The film invites its viewers to reflect on where modern sports have come to. Does a young,...

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Three Jolly Fellows

as Muhv (voice)
Released: 1984-09-01

“Three Jolly Fellows” tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the...

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The Sunny Kids

as uncredited
Released: 1992-02-03

A movie about the life in a small Estonian city in the 1950s. Young people face an instinct for...

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Handmaiden

as uncredited
Released: 1990-12-16

The family where Epp serves is preparing to receive important guests on whom the career of the...

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Revenge Office

as Olga
First aired: 2009-04-30

A group of women create a organisation named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women...

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Wikman's Boys

as Mrs. Jakovleva
First aired: 1995-01-08

Wikman's Boys is a 1994-year drama serial about the Wikman Private Gymnasium students from 1937...

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