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,

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's first female professional stage director."KAZIMIERA KYMANTAITĖ"
''Vilnijos Vartai''Kazimieros Kymantaitės atminimui
She was born in

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, then in

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. When she was 12 her family moved to

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

. She died in Vilnius and was interred in the Rasos Cemetery 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 * 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 Lithuanian women theatre directors Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet theatre directors Burials at Rasos Cemetery