Katrin Välbe
Actor
- Born
- October 31, 1904 · Võru, Estonia
- Died
- July 5, 1981 (age 76)
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.
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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.
Known for
Summer
May 10, 1976
Naughty Curves
December 27, 1959
A Woman Heats the Sauna
January 2, 1979
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
June 8, 1977
The Sun and the Rain
October 4, 1960
Bonycrone and Captain Drum
March 1, 1979
Forest Captain
February 16, 1972
Kui saabub õhtu
April 25, 1955
Ice Run
February 25, 1963
In the Backyard
April 24, 1957
Between Three Plagues
November 14, 1970
Underwater Reefs
September 2, 1959
Acting18
- 1979Bonycrone and Captain Drum as (voice)
- 1979A Woman Heats the Sauna as Aita
- 1977Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
- 1976Summer as Parish Clerk's Wife
- 1972Little Requiem for Harmonica
- 1972Forest Captain as Woman with a Monkey
- 1971Gladiator as Reet
- 1971Windy Beach as Anu
- 1970Between Three Plagues as Beggar at Church (uncredited)
- 1967Watercolors of One Summer as Juula