Maria Klenskaja

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 makeup artist and in the prop department In 1974 she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatorys 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 had also had a successful film career and has 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