Lina Braknytė (19 October 1952,

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) is a

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n actress. She was voted the Best Actress in the republican film festival in 1967. She retired after several films and became Lina Paknenya.

Life

She played several roles during the

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era, from 1964 to 1972. She is well known for playing the lead role in the 1964 movie The Girl and the Echo. The film is in Lithuanian and is known as ''The Last Day of Vacations'' in Lithuania. The movie, based on a story by Yuri Nagibin, depicts a young girl Vika enjoying the last days of summer vacations in a sea resort somewhere in the south. A scene where she is depicted swimming nude was criticized by teachers from

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who requested city officials to forbid its distribution. For her role in ''Dubravka'', Braknytė was awarded the Best Actress in the republican film festival in 1967. After high school, Braknytė moved to Moscow to study at the

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, but she was not successful and returned to Vilnius. She did not act in any other films.

Filmography

* 1964 - '' The Girl and the Echo'' (Девочка и эхо / Paskutinė atostogų diena) * 1965 - '' Two in Love'' (Двое) * 1966 - '' Three Fat Men''(Три толстяка) * 1967 - '' Dubravka'' (Дубравка) * 1971 - '' The Sea of Our Hope'' (Море нашей надежды) * 1972 - ''

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'' (Последний форт)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braknyte, Lina 1952 births Living people Actresses from Vilnius Lithuanian child actresses Lithuanian film actresses Soviet child actresses Soviet film actresses 20th-century Lithuanian actresses