Maria Klenskaja

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.

Most Known For

The Little Comrade

as Grandma Minna Katariina

Revenge Office

as Olga

Smile at Last

as Ülo's Lover

Awakening

as City Woman

Cabbage Head

as (voice)

Breakfast on the Grass

as (voice) (uncredited)

Handmaiden

The Gang

Ohtlik Lend

as Ella Juntas

The Boys of Wikman

as Mrs. Jakovleva

Stolen Meeting

as Valentina Saar

The Sunny Kids

Three Jolly Fellows

as Muhv (voice)

The Fencer

as Teacher

Three Jolly Fellows

as Muhv (voice)

Grisha

Three Jolly Fellows 2

as Muhv (voice)

Georg

as Ingeborg

Friends, Comrades

as Madam

You Are My Only Love

as Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya)