Maria Klenskaja

Acting

Born 1951-01-29 Died 2022-01-06 Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tartu County, Estonia] 34 credits Order of the White Star, 4th Class 1 Merited Artist of Estonian SSR 1

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Won 1 Order of the White Star, 4th Class Award

Order of the White Star, 4th Class 1 won

2002 Order of the White Star, 4th Class Won

Merited Artist of Estonian SSR 1 won

1986 Merited Artist of Estonian SSR Won

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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.

Maria Klenskaja

Awards

Order of the White Star, 4th Class 1 won

Merited Artist of Estonian SSR 1 won

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