Ita Ever
Actor
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.
Filmography
Secret of the Blackbirds
as Miss Marple 1983
The Power of Fear
as Old Lady 2006
Bumpy
as Moor 1981
A Lady in Paris
as Mare 2012
Autumn
as Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir" 1990
Living Images
as Helmi 2013
Peril at End House
as Milly Croft 1990
The Master of Kõrboja
as Eevi's Mother 1980
Stolen Meeting
as Doctor 1989
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Mrs. Kaar 1993
State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind
1988
Three Jolly Fellows
as The Cat Lady (voice) 1984
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
as Old Prostitute 1977
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
Three Jolly Fellows
as The Cat Lady (voice) 1990
When You Least Expect It
as Andres' Mother 2016