Lilita Ozoliņa (19 November 1947 – 5 June 2023) was a Latvian actress.

Biography

Born in

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

on 19 November 1947, she was the daughter of film director Albertīna Ozoliņa and test pilot Arvīds Ozoliņš. She attended acting classes taught by and Līvija Akurātere at the

Riga Film Studio Riga Film Studio (, ) is a Latvian film production company based in Riga and founded in 1940 on the basis of the earlier private film companies. In 1948, the Riga Documentary Film Studio was founded. In 1970–80, the company produced 10-15 fil ...

. She also worked at the

Dailes Theatre The Dailes Theatre () is a professional Latvian theater founded by Latvian director and actor Eduards Smiļģis (1886-1966) on November 19, 1920 at the Craftsmen Relief Society House at Lāčplēša Street 25, Riga, Latvia. Today, it is located ...

, where she spent her entire career. She rose to fame after her role as Marta Ozola in the 1981 film ''

Long Road in the Dunes Long Road in the Dunes (, ) is a 1981 Soviet Latvian seven-part TV melodrama, directed by Aloizs Brenčs. The original series was shot in Latvian by the Riga Film Studio, and an additional version was released with Russian voiceovers. Plot Th ...

''. On 14 October 2013, she was awarded a "Baltic Star" in

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. Lilita Ozoliņa died on 5 June 2023, at the age of 75.

Filmography

*' (1967) *' (1968) *' (1969) *' (1970) *' (1970) *' (1972) *' (1972) *' (1973) *''

Oļegs un Aina Oļegs un Aina (1973) is a Latvian SSR television feature film. The film was directed by Aleksandrs Leimanis. Cast * Anatolijs Gračovs — Oļeg * Lilita Ozoliņa — Aina * Rolands Zagorskis — Andris * Aleksandrs Bojarskis — Žarkovskis *V ...

'' (1973) *' (1974) *' (1975) *' (1976) *' (1979) *''

Unfinished Supper ''The Unfinished Supper'' (, ) is a 1979 Soviet police film about Martin Beck, directed by Jānis Streičs, based on the novel ''Murder at the Savoy'' (1970). Plot At a banquet in the "Savoy" restaurant, which resembles a café, a prominent Swedi ...

'' (1979) *' (1980) *''

'' (1981) *' (1982) *' (1982) *' (1984) *''

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'' (1986) *' (1986) *' (1986) *' (1989) *' (1990) *'' The Chronicles of Melanie'' (2016) *' (2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozolina, Lilita 1947 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Latvian actresses 21st-century Latvian actresses Latvian film actresses Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Recipients of the USSR State Prize Latvian Academy of Music alumni Actresses from Riga