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 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.

Known For

The Fencer

as Teacher

You Are My Only Love

as Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya)

Breakfast on the Grass

as (voice) (uncredited)

The Little Comrade

as Grandma Minna Katariina

Smile at Last

as Ülo's Lover

Lamb in the Down Right Corner

as Tom's Mother

Autumn

as Liisi Paavel

The Triangle

as Julia (voice) (uncredited)

Georg

as Ingeborg

Those Old Love-letters

as Mrs. Muna (uncredited)