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    Katrin Välbe

    1904-10-31 (120 years old) in Võru, Estonia

    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.

    Movies

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    Kunksmoor and Captain Trumm
    65 %|Mar 1, 1979
    Animation
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    A Woman Heats the Sauna
    20 %|Jan 2, 1979
    Drama
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    Summer
    62 %|May 10, 1976
    Comedy, Drama
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    Forest Captain
    20 %|Feb 16, 1972
    Drama
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    Windy Beach
    0 %|Jan 3, 1971
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    Pimedad aknad
    0 %|Apr 1, 1968
    Drama, War, TV Movie
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    Ühe suve akvarellid
    0 %|Jan 1, 1967
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    Traces
    0 %|Jan 13, 1964
    Drama
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    Ice Run
    60 %|Feb 25, 1963
    Drama, History
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    The Sun and the Rain
    57 %|Oct 4, 1960
    Drama
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    Naughty Curves
    52 %|Dec 27, 1959
    Comedy
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    In the Backyard
    70 %|Apr 24, 1957
    Drama
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    Kui saabub õhtu
    82 %|Apr 25, 1955
    Documentary, Music, TV Movie

    Series

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    Pimedad aknad
    70 %|Jul 9, 1969
    War & Politics, Drama