Kazimiera Kymantaitė
Kazimiera Kymantaitė (29 June 1909 – 21 May 1999) (Surname by the first marriage: Gregorauskienė, by the second marriage: Banaitienė) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actress, Lithuania's first female professional stage director.[1][2]
She was born in Kuršėnai, then in Russian Empire. When she was 12 her family moved to Kaunas.[2] She died in Vilnius and was interred in the Rasos Cemetery by the grave of her husband Juozas Banaitis.[1]
Several books were published about her.
Awards
[edit]- 1994: Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas[3]
- 1957: Lithuanian SSR State Prize for her role of Kaikarienė in the play Paskenduolė ("The Drowned Woman") based on the short story of Antanas Vienuolis[4]
- 1954: People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR[4][1]
- Soviet decorations: three orders and several medals,[4] including two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1950, 1954)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "KAZIMIERA KYMANTAITĖ", Vilnijos Vartai
- ^ a b Kazimieros Kymantaitės atminimui
- ^ LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS PREZIDENTAS D E K R E T A S DĖL APDOVANOJIMO DIDŽIOJO LIETUVOS KUNIGAIKŠČIO GEDIMINO ORDINU 1994 m. liepos 1 d. Nr. 343
- ^ a b c Great Soviet Encyclopedia, article Кимантайте Казимира Мартыновна
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Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1999 deaths
- 20th-century Lithuanian actresses
- People from Kuršėnai
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Officer's Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Lithuanian film actresses
- Lithuanian stage actresses
- Lithuanian theatre directors
- Lithuanian women theatre directors
- Soviet film actresses
- Soviet stage actresses
- Soviet theatre directors
- Burials at Rasos Cemetery