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Maria Klenskaja

Estonian actress (1951–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Maria Klenskaja (29 January 1951 – 6 January 2022) was an Estonian actress.[1]

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Early life and career

Klenskaja was born in Tartu and was of Russian parentage.[2] 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.[3]

Besides theatre roles, she had also had a successful film career and has appeared on television and in radio theatre.[1]

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Personal life and death

Klenskaja was in a relationship with actor Aarne Üksküla for over thirty years, until his death in 2017.[2][3] Klenskaja died on 6 January 2022, aged 70, following a prolonged illness.[4]

Awards

In 1986, she won the Meritorious Artist of the Soviet Union[4] and in 2002 won the Order of the White Star, IV Class.[5]

Selected filmography

References

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