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Ita Ever

Ita Ever

Acting1931Paide, Järva County, Estonia

Biography

Ita Ever (born Ilse Ever; April 1, 1931 – August 9, 2023) was an Estonian film, radio, theater and television actress. She was widely regarded as a Grand Old Lady of Estonian theatre.

Ever began her career in 1953 as a stage actress and has appeared in numerous Estonian and Russian film productions. She was formerly married to Estonian actor Eino Baskin and was the mother of director/actor Roman Baskin.

In 1983, she starred as Miss Marple in Secret of the Blackbirds (Russian: Тайна «Чёрных дроздов», Tayna chyornykh drozdov), the Russian language film adaption of Agatha Christie's novel A Pocket Full of Rye.

She had appeared in stage and film productions based on the works of: Oskar Luts, A. H. Tammsaare, Mats Traat, Agatha Christie, Nikolai Gogol, William Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov.

Acting History

2020
2016
When You Least Expect It
as Andres' Mother
2013
2012
Baskin
as Self
2010
ENSV
TVas Meeta
2008
Mood Breaker
TVas Various
2006
Visit of an Old Lady
as Claire Zachanassian
2005
Fed Up!
as Mother
2001
1992
Luukas
as Liisbet
1990
Peril at End House
as Milly Croft
Autumn
as Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir"
Regina
as Gerta
Three Jolly Fellows
as The Cat Lady (voice)
1987
Three Jolly Fellows 2
as The Cat Lady (voice)
1985
The R Document
TVas Hannah Baxter
1984
Three Jolly Fellows
as The Cat Lady (voice)
1983
1981
Bumpy
as Moor
The Smacking Sea
as Toora Jookus / Lööne
1980
The Master of Kõrboja
as Eevi's Mother
1978
Bonycrone
as Bonycrone (voice)
1975
A Romper
as Grandmother (voice)
1974
1973
Fire in the Night
as Selgeltnägija
1970
Spring
as Arno's Mother
Between Three Plagues
as Beggar at Russow's (uncredited)
1963
Under the Same Roof
as Laine Arro
1958
Days of June
as Secretary
1957
In the Backyard
as Tatjana

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/1/1931
Day of Death
8/9/2023
Place of Birth
Paide, Järva County, Estonia