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.
She was born in Kuršėnai, then in Russian Empire. When she was 12 her family moved to Kaunas. She died in Vilnius and was interred in the Rasos Cemetery by the grave of her husband Juozas Banaitis [lt].
Several books were published about her.
Awards
- 1994: Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- 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
- 1954: People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR
- Soviet decorations: three orders and several medals, including two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1950, 1954)
References
- ^ "KAZIMIERA KYMANTAITĖ", Vilnijos Vartai
- ^ 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
- ^ 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