Kazimiera Kymantaitė (June 29, 1909 – May 21, 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."KAZIMIERA KYMANTAITĖ"
''Vilnijos Vartai''Kazimieros Kymantaitės atminimui
She was born in

Kuršėnai Kuršėnai (; Samogitian: ''Koršienā''; yi, קורשאַן ''Kurshon''; german: Kurschenen; pl, Kurszany; lv, Kuršēni) is the twenty-fifth largest city in Lithuania. According to the 2020 estimate, it had 10,829 residents. History The tow ...

, then in

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. When she was 12 her family moved to Kaunas. She died in Vilnius and was interred in the

Rasos Cemetery Rasos Cemetery ( lt, Rasų kapinės, pl, cmentarz Na Rossie, be, Могілкі Росы) is the oldest and most famous cemetery in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is named after the Rasos district where it is located. It is separated in ...

by the grave of her husband . Several books were published about her.

Awards

*1994:

Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted to honour the citizens of Lithuania for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. Foreign nationals may also be awarded this O ...

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
/ref> *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 Antanas Vienuolis (born Antanas Žukauskas; 7 April 1882 — 17 August 1957) was a Soviet and Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists. Biography Vienuolis was born on April 7, 1882, in Ažuožeriai, Any ...

* 1954: People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR * Soviet decorations: three orders and several medals,''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', articl
Кимантайте Казимира Мартыновна
/ref> including two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1950, 1954)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kymantaite, Kazimiera 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 Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet theatre directors Burials at Rasos Cemetery