Maria Klenskaja
Born
January 29, 1951
Died
January 6, 2022 (70 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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.
Known For
On the Water
Mamma
2021
The Little Comrade
Grandma Minna Katariina
2018
The Fencer
Teacher
2015
The Vengeance Bureau
Olga · (2 episodes)
2009
Georg
Ingeborg
2007
The Great Magician
Aunt Ursula
2007
Ohtlik Lend
Ella Juntas · (10 episodes)
2006
Visit of an Old Lady
Police Chief's Wife
2006
Grisha
1996
The Boys of Wikman
Mrs. Jakovleva · (2 episodes)
1995
Cabbage Head
(voice)
1993
You Are My Only Love
Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya)
1993
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Tom's Mother
1992
Those Old Love-letters
Mrs. Muna (uncredited)
1992
The Sunny Kids
1992
Autumn
Liisi Paavel
1990
Handmaiden
1990
Friends, Comrades
Madam
1990
Three Jolly Fellows
Muhv (voice)
1990
Awakening
City Woman
1990
Doctor Stockmann
Katrine Stockmann
1989
Stolen Meeting
Valentina Saar
1989
Three Jolly Fellows 2
Muhv (voice)
1987
Breakfast on the Grass
(voice) (uncredited)
1987
In One Hundred Years in May
Alma Oinas
1987
The Joys of Midlife
Pille Loorits
1987
The Gang
1986
Smile at Last
Ülo's Lover
1985
Three Jolly Fellows
Muhv (voice)
1984
The Triangle
Julia (voice) (uncredited)
1982
Murder on the 31st Floor
Anna Hollman's friend
1981
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Ester
1977
Indrek
Miralda
1976
Hit Back
1975