Katrin Välbe
Born 1904 (age 76) · Võru, Estonia
Appears in 19 titles

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.

Filmography

Summer
6.3
Summer
1976
as Parish Clerk's Wife
Naughty Curves
5.7
Naughty Curves
1959
A Woman Heats the Sauna
5.6
A Woman Heats the Sauna
1979
as Aita
The Sun and the Rain
6.3
The Sun and the Rain
1960
as Commandant
Bonycrone and Captain Drum
7.3
Bonycrone and Captain Drum
1979
as (voice)
Forest Captain
4.7
Forest Captain
1972
as Woman with a Monkey
Kui saabub õhtu
8.2
Kui saabub õhtu
1955
as Innkeeper's wife
Ice Run
6.0
Ice Run
1963
as Maris Jõgel
In the Backyard
7.5
In the Backyard
1957
as Veika
Between Three Plagues
7.0
Between Three Plagues
1970
as Beggar at Church (uncredited)
Underwater Reefs
7.5
Underwater Reefs
1959
Gladiator
7.5
Gladiator
1971
as Reet
Windy Beach
9.0
Windy Beach
1971
as Anu
Traces
8.0
Traces
1964
Pöördel
8.0
Pöördel
1957
as Anu Vutt
Little Requiem for Harmonica
Watercolors of One Summer
Watercolors of One Summer
1967
as Juula