Ita Ever

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Spring (1970) — Arno's Mother
2. Secret of the Blackbirds (1983) — Miss Marple
3. The Power of Fear (2006) — Old Lady
4. Bumpy (1981) — Moor
5. A Lady in Paris (2012) — Mare
6. Peril at End House (1990) — Milly Croft
7. Autumn (1990) — Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir"
8. Living Images (2013) — Helmi
9. The Master of Kõrboja (1980) — Eevi's Mother
10. Stolen Meeting (1989) — Doctor
11. Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993) — Mrs. Kaar
12. A Woman Heats the Sauna (1979) — Anu
13. State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind (1988)
14. Three Jolly Fellows (1984) — The Cat Lady (voice)
15. Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988)
16. Ask the Dead About the Price of Death (1977) — Old Prostitute
17. What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? (1967) — Kaartna
18. The Visitor (1979)
19. Bonycrone and Captain Drum (1979) — Bonycrone (voice)
20. Three Jolly Fellows (1990) — The Cat Lady (voice)
21. When You Least Expect It (2016) — Andres' Mother
22. Doctor Stockmann (1989)
23. Andrus' Happiness (1955) — Reet
24. Bonycrone (1978) — Bonycrone (voice)
25. Under the Same Roof (1963) — Laine Arro
26. Three Jolly Fellows 2 (1987) — The Cat Lady (voice)
27. Regina (1990) — Gerta
28. The Smacking Sea (1981) — Toora Jookus / Lööne
29. Days of June (1958) — Secretary
30. In the Backyard (1957) — Tatjana
31. Between Three Plagues (1970) — Beggar at Russow's (uncredited)
32. An Unusual Story (1974) — Mother
33. Fire in the Night (1973) — Selgeltnägija
34. A Romper (1975) — Grandmother (voice)
35. Igihaljas vaatemäng (1981) — self
36. Amber Wings (2003)
37. Fed Up! (2005) — Mother
38. The Pastor of Reigi (1978) — Old Hag
39. Time to Live, Time to Love (1977)
40. Little Requiem for Harmonica (1972) — Teacher