Maria Klenskaja
Acting
1951-01-29 · Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tartu County, 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 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.
movieOn the Water
as Mamma · 2021 · 5.3
movieThe Little Comrade
as Grandma Minna Katariina · 2018 · 6.9
movieThe Fencer
as Teacher · 2015 · 7.0
tvRevenge Office
as Olga · 2009 · 6.5
movieGeorg
as Ingeborg · 2007 · 5.7
movieThe Great Magician
as Aunt Ursula · 2007 · 3.2
tvOhtlik Lend
as Ella Juntas · 2006 · 0.0
movieVisit of an Old Lady
as Police Chief's Wife · 2006 · 0.0
movieGrisha
as · 1996 · 7.0
tvThe Boys of Wikman
as Mrs. Jakovleva · 1995 · 8.0
movieCabbage Head
as (voice) · 1993 · 6.5
movieYou Are My Only Love
as Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya) · 1993 · 6.6
movieLamb in the Down Right Corner
as Tom's Mother · 1992 · 6.8
movieThose Old Love-letters
as Mrs. Muna (uncredited) · 1992 · 7.0
movieThe Sunny Kids
as · 1992 · 7.0
movieAutumn
as Liisi Paavel · 1990 · 6.0
movieHandmaiden
as · 1990 · 7.0
movieFriends, Comrades
as Madam · 1990 · 5.3
movieThree Jolly Fellows
as Muhv (voice) · 1990 · 7.0
movieAwakening
as City Woman · 1990 · 5.6
movieDoctor Stockmann
as Katrine Stockmann · 1989 · 4.0
movieStolen Meeting
as Valentina Saar · 1989 · 4.1
movieThree Jolly Fellows 2
as Muhv (voice) · 1987 · 5.0
movieBreakfast on the Grass
as (voice) (uncredited) · 1987 · 5.9