
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.

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
MOVIE • 1977

Summer
MOVIE • 1976

Forest Captain
MOVIE • 1972

Pimedad aknad
TV • 1969

Traces
MOVIE • 1964

Ice Run
MOVIE • 1963

A Woman Heats the Sauna
MOVIE • 1979

Windy Beach
MOVIE • 1971

Gladiator
MOVIE • 1971

Kui saabub õhtu
MOVIE • 1955

Pöördel
MOVIE • 1957

Underwater Reefs
MOVIE • 1959

Between Three Plagues
MOVIE • 1970

Naughty Curves
MOVIE • 1959

In the Backyard
MOVIE • 1957

Little Requiem for Harmonica
MOVIE • 1972

The Sun and the Rain
MOVIE • 1960

Watercolors of One Summer
MOVIE • 1967