Katrin Välbe
Date of birth: 1904-10-31
Place of birth: Võru, Estonia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jekaterina Poska
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Windy Beach
1971-01-03
The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of the
Bonycrone and Captain Drum
1979-03-01
A story of the good witch Bonycrone living on an isolated island and her friend, a former sailor Cap
Watercolors of One Summer
1967-01-01
The story of a young art student who goes to the countryside for a summer internship in watercolor a
Summer
1976-05-10
In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agricu
Naughty Curves
1959-12-27
When Vaike, a student and athlete from Tartu, arrives to Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa speedway, the bik
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
1977-06-08
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communis
Forest Captain
1972-02-16
Sailing to South America, the sailing ship "Fortuna" gets stuck in a calm in the middle of the Atlan
Traces
1964-01-13
Heino Raagen and his war comrades begin a new battle while arriving at their home village - establis
Kui saabub õhtu
1955-04-25
Ice Run
1963-02-25
Two proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have always b
A Woman Heats the Sauna
1979-01-02
The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to enter
In the Backyard
1957-04-24
The story of the distressed residents living in poor slums during the economic crisis of the first E
The Sun and the Rain
1960-10-04
Jaak is a young labourer always facing some kind of issues and it seems he always rides for a fall.
Between Three Plagues
1970-11-14
The story of Balthasar Russow, an Estonian pastor from the 16th century, his life and life's work -
Pöördel
1957-12-02
Raivo Kotkas is the new head of the collective farm "Victory". His predecessor Mihkel Vutt has pract
Underwater Reefs
1959-09-02
Tõnis Hoopkaup is the head of a fishing collective in Tagaranna, a village on the Estonian island of
Little Requiem for Harmonica
1972-10-23
Students Jaan and Heiki in 1972, inexplicably, cross the river of time and arrive in 1944, the year
Gladiator
1971-09-20
Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German pri