Acting · Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tartu County, Estonia] · Born January 29, 1951
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.
MovieOn the Water
2021
as Mamma
MovieThe Little Comrade
2018
as Grandma Minna Katariina
MovieThe Fencer
2015
as Teacher
TVRevenge Office
2009
as Olga
MovieGeorg
2007
as Ingeborg
The Great Magician
2007
as Aunt Ursula
Ohtlik Lend
2006
as Ella Juntas
MovieVisit of an Old Lady
2006
as Police Chief's Wife
MovieGrisha
1996
TVThe Boys of Wikman
1995
as Mrs. Jakovleva
Cabbage Head
1993
as (voice)
MovieYou Are My Only Love
1993
as Olya (as M. Kalyonskaya)
MovieLamb in the Down Right Corner
1992
as Tom's Mother
MovieThose Old Love-letters
1992
as Mrs. Muna (uncredited)
MovieThe Sunny Kids
1992
MovieAutumn
1990
as Liisi Paavel
MovieHandmaiden
1990
MovieFriends, Comrades
1990
as Madam
MovieThree Jolly Fellows
1990
as Muhv (voice)
MovieAwakening
1990
as City Woman
MovieDoctor Stockmann
1989
as Katrine Stockmann
MovieStolen Meeting
1989
as Valentina Saar
MovieThree Jolly Fellows 2
1987
as Muhv (voice)
MovieBreakfast on the Grass
1987
as (voice) (uncredited)
MovieIn One Hundred Years in May
1987
as Alma Oinas
MovieThe Joys of Midlife
1987
as Pille Loorits
MovieThe Gang
1986
MovieSmile at Last
1985
as Ülo's Lover
MovieThree Jolly Fellows
1984
as Muhv (voice)
MovieThe Triangle
1982
as Julia (voice) (uncredited)
MovieMurder on the 31st Floor
1981
as Anna Hollman's friend
MovieAsk the Dead About the Price of Death
1977
as Ester
MovieIndrek
1976
as Miralda
MovieHit Back
1975
