Ita Ever

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...

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.