Maria Klenskaja

Maria Klenskaja

Deceased · Born: Jan 29, 1951 · Died: Jan 6, 2022

Personal Details

BornJan 29, 1951 Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Biography

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.

Career

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2018
The Little Comrade
The Little Comrade as Grandma Minna Katariina
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2015
The Fencer
The Fencer as Teacher
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1990