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Katrin Välbe

Katrin Välbe

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. She died in Tallinn in 1981 and was buried at Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.

Personal information

Birthday

1904-10-31

Birth Place

Võru, Estonia

Movies and TV shows :

A Woman Heats the Sauna

A Woman Heats the Sauna

1979

2.0

Movie
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

1977

5.8

Movie
Between Three Plagues

Between Three Plagues

1970

6.0

Movie
Forest Captain

Forest Captain

1972

2.0

Movie
Ice Run

Ice Run

1963

6.0

Movie
In the Backyard

In the Backyard

1957

7.0

Movie
Kui saabub õhtu

Kui saabub õhtu

1955

8.2

Movie
Kunksmoor and Captain Trumm

Kunksmoor and Captain Trumm

1979

6.5

Movie
Naughty Curves

Naughty Curves

1959

5.2

Movie
Pimedad aknad

Pimedad aknad

1968

0.0

Movie
poster

Pimedad aknad

1969

7.0

TV
Summer

Summer

1976

6.2

Movie
The Sun and the Rain

The Sun and the Rain

1960

5.7

Movie
Traces

Traces

1964

0.0

Movie
Ühe suve akvarellid

Ühe suve akvarellid

1967

0.0

Movie
Windy Beach

Windy Beach

1971

0.0

Movie