Regina Varnaitė (born 19 May 1927) is a Lithuanian actress of film, stage and television.

Biography

Varnaitė was born on 1927 in

Ukmergė Ukmergė (; previously ''Vilkmergė''; ) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius. It is the administrative center of the Ukmergė District Municipality. Ukmergė (Vilkmergė) was mentioned for the first time as a ...

. Her father was a villager and her mother a religious Catholic. She grew up together with her brother Erikas Varnas who was a painter. In 1946, she graduated from A. Smetona Gymnasium in Ukmergė, passed her exams and was accepted to study at the Kaunas Drama Theater Studio. Varnaitė appeared in various theatrical shows in tragedy, drama, comedy and in cinematography. She was married to actor Vytautas Eidukaitis until his death in 1989. They had two daughters, Vyta Eidukaitytė-Martinavičienė who is a

ballet dancer A ballet dancer is a person who practices the Art (skill), art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. B ...

and Aušra Eidukaittė who is a

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. For her merits as an artist, Varnaitė received People's Artist of Lithuania and

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 ...

Filmography

* ''Giminės. Gyvenimas tęsiasi'' (2015–2018) - Paulė Sakalytė * ''Giminės. Po dvidešimties metų'' (2011) * ''Giminės'' (1993) * ''Benjaminas Kordusas'' (1986) - Kotryna * ''Bez Semyi'' (1984) - Nun * ''Raudonmedžio rojus'' (1980) * ''Pasigailėk mūsų'' (1979) * ''Mainai'' (1977) * ''Žvangutis'' (1974) - Valiūlienė * '' Velnio nuotaka'' (1974) - Ursula * ''Kanonada'' (1961) - Magdute

References

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