Acting

Ita Ever

Born 1931-04-01 · Paide, Järva County, Estonia

Died 2023-08-09

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.

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The Salmons: 25 Years Later
as Ella Salmon
2020
When You Least Expect It
as Andres' Mother
2016
Living Images
as Helmi
2013
A Lady in Paris
as Mare
2012
Baskin
as Self
2012
ENSV
as Meeta
2010
Mood Killer
as Various
2008
Kelgukoerad
as Memm, Elviira
2006
The Power of Fear
as Old Lady
2006
Visit of an Old Lady
as Claire Zachanassian
2006
Fed Up!
as Mother
2005
Amber Wings
2003
Cobra
2001
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Mrs. Kaar
1993
Luukas
as Liisbet
1992
Autumn
as Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir"
1990
Satellite of the Planet Uranus
1990
Three Jolly Fellows
as The Cat Lady (voice)
1990
Peril at End House
as Milly Croft
1990
Regina
as Gerta
1990
Doctor Stockmann
1989
Stolen Meeting
as Doctor
1989
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind
1988
Three Jolly Fellows 2
as The Cat Lady (voice)
1987
The R Document
as Hannah Baxter
1985
Three Jolly Fellows
as The Cat Lady (voice)
1984
Two Couples and Loneliness
as Mrs. Parker
1984
Secret of the Blackbirds
as Miss Marple
1983
Bumpy
as Moor
1981
The Smacking Sea
as Toora Jookus / Lööne
1981
Igihaljas vaatemäng
as self
1981
The Master of Kõrboja
as Eevi's Mother
1980
Bonycrone and Captain Drum
as Bonycrone (voice)
1979
A Woman Heats the Sauna
as Anu
1979
The Visitor
1979
The Pastor of Reigi
as Old Hag
1978
Bonycrone
as Bonycrone (voice)
1978
My Wife Became a Grandmother
as Woman
1977
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
as Old Prostitute
1977
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977
A Romper
as Grandmother (voice)
1975
An Unusual Story
as Mother
1974
Fire in the Night
as Selgeltnägija
1973
Little Requiem for Harmonica
as Teacher
1972
Between Three Plagues
as Beggar at Russow's (uncredited)
1970
Spring
as Arno's Mother
1970
Pimedad aknad
1969
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
as Kaartna
1967
Under the Same Roof
as Laine Arro
1963
Days of June
as Secretary
1958
In the Backyard
as Tatjana
1957
Andrus' Happiness
as Reet
1955