Katrin Välbe
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.0311 |
| Birthday | 1904-10-31 |
| Place of Birth | Võru, Estonia |
| Also Known As | Jekaterina Poska, |
1971
Windy Beach
9/1
The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of the baron's will. The baron does everything to prevent...
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Windy Beach
1979
Bonycrone and Captain Drum
7.333/3
A story of the good witch Bonycrone living on an isolated island and her friend, a former sailor Captain Drum; and their adventures on the island, on...
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Bonycrone and Captain Drum
1967
Watercolors of One Summer
0/0
The story of a young art student who goes to the countryside for a summer internship in watercolor and rents a room in a house by the sea. Conversatio...
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Watercolors of One Summer
1976
Summer
6.286/14
In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. He wants to start reforming his father's fa...
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Summer
1959
Naughty Curves
5.714/7
When Vaike, a student and athlete from Tartu, arrives to Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa speedway, the bikes are already racing with dizzying speeds. The sa...
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Naughty Curves
1977
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
5.75/4
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both...
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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
1972
Forest Captain
4.667/3
Sailing to South America, the sailing ship "Fortuna" gets stuck in a calm in the middle of the Atlantic. Heat and thirst drive the team crazy, knives...
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Forest Captain
1964
Traces
8/1
Heino Raagen and his war comrades begin a new battle while arriving at their home village - establishing a collective farm. The sufferings and fears o...
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Traces
1955
Kui saabub õhtu
8.167/3
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Kui saabub õhtu
1963
Ice Run
6/2
Two proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have always bore a grudge against each other. Their stubbornnes...
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Ice Run
1979
A Woman Heats the Sauna
5.6/5
The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to entertain foreign visitors. The sauna is situated in a...
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A Woman Heats the Sauna
1957
In the Backyard
7.5/2
The story of the distressed residents living in poor slums during the economic crisis of the first Estonian Republic in early 1930s. It is the life in...
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In the Backyard
1960
The Sun and the Rain
6.25/4
Jaak is a young labourer always facing some kind of issues and it seems he always rides for a fall. At the construction work of a new thermal power st...
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The Sun and the Rain
1970
Between Three Plagues
7/2
The story of Balthasar Russow, an Estonian pastor from the 16th century, his life and life's work - writing The Chronicle of Livonia.
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Between Three Plagues
1957
Pöördel
8/1
Raivo Kotkas is the new head of the collective farm "Victory". His predecessor Mihkel Vutt has practiced command economy, production has gone down and...
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Pöördel
1959
Underwater Reefs
7.5/2
Tõnis Hoopkaup is the head of a fishing collective in Tagaranna, a village on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. On the day of his wedding to fishing en...
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Underwater Reefs
1972
Little Requiem for Harmonica
9/1
Students Jaan and Heiki in 1972, inexplicably, cross the river of time and arrive in 1944, the year of the German occupation of Estonia. The film depi...
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Little Requiem for Harmonica
1971
Gladiator
7.5/2
Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German prison during the First World War. Yet, there are no...
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