Ita Ever

Ita Ever

1931-04-01 – 2023-08-09 (age 92) Paide, Järva County, Estonia
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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.

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Known For

Fed Up!
Fed Up!

2005

as Mother

Amber Wings
Secret of the Blackbirds
Secret of the Blackbirds

1983

as Miss Marple

Spring
Spring

1970

as Arno's Mother

Cobra
Cobra

2001

The Power of Fear
The Power of Fear

2006

as Old Lady

Autumn
Autumn

1990

as Katarina Rosalie "Mama Kiir"

Bumpy
Bumpy

1981

as Moor

An Unusual Story
An Unusual Story

1974

as Mother

Peril at End House
Peril at End House

1990

as Milly Croft

A Lady in Paris
A Lady in Paris

2012

as Mare

Living Images
Living Images

2013

as Helmi

Little Requiem for Harmonica
When You Least Expect It
When You Least Expect It

2016

as Andres' Mother

A Woman Heats the Sauna
Visit of an Old Lady
Visit of an Old Lady

2006

as Claire Zachanassian

The Smacking Sea
The Smacking Sea

1981

as Toora Jookus / Lööne

Three Jolly Fellows
Three Jolly Fellows

1984

as The Cat Lady (voice)