Katrin Välbe

Biography

Katrin Välbe (until 1929 Jekaterina Poska; October 31, 1904 – July 5, 1981) was an Estonian actress. Katrin Välbe was born Jekaterina Poska in Võru to Gabriel and Lydia Poska. Her father was a lawyer and her uncles included statesman Jaan Poska, politician Mihkel Poska, and Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church clergymen Nikolai and Paul Poska. After graduating from secondary school, she initially enrolled at the University of Tartu in 1922 to study medical sciences, leaving after one year. In 1930, she graduated from the Drama Theatre School in Tallinn, having studied under drama pedagogue Hilda Gleser. From 1931 until 1944, she worked at Tallinna Töölisteater, from 1945 until 1946 at Noorsooteater, 1946 until 1949 at Estonia Theatre, and from 1949 until 1951 and again from 1952 until 1971 at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles, she also performed as a film actress beginning in the early 1950s, as well as appearing in radio plays and several television films. In 1958, Välbe was awarded as Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR.

Most Known For

Windy Beach

as Anu

Traces

Forest Captain

as Woman with a Monkey

Ice Run

as Maris Jõgel

Gladiator

as Reet

Summer

as Parish Clerk's Wife

In the Backyard

as Veika

Naughty Curves

Pimedad aknad

Pöördel

as Anu Vutt

Underwater Reefs

A Woman Heats the Sauna

as Aita

Little Requiem for Harmonica

Between Three Plagues

as Beggar at Church (uncredited)

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

The Sun and the Rain

as Commandant

Kui saabub õhtu

as Innkeeper's wife

Watercolors of One Summer

as Juula

Bonycrone and Captain Drum

as (voice)