Actor info
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Name :
Maria Klenskaja
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Born :
January 29, 1951 in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tartu County, Estonia] (70 years at death)
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Died :
January 6, 2022
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
31 films (1975–2021)
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Also known as :
Maria Klenskaya, Мария Каленская, Marija Klenskaja, Мария Кирилловна Кленская, М. Кленская
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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 also had a successful film career and 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.
Notable films
- Grisha (1996)
- Breakfast on the Grass (1987) as (voice) (uncredited)
- Smile at Last (1985) as Ülo's Lover
- Ask the Dead About the Price of Death (1977) as Ester
- Hit Back (1975)
