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The actress Rūta Staliliūnaitė was born in Šiauliai on January 21, 1938. In 1953-1956 she studied at Krakės Secondary School, Kėdainiai region, in 1956-1959 – at Kaunas J.Gruodis Music School, in 1959 - 1963 – at the Lithuanian State Conservatory, Faculty of Actor’s Art.
In 1963 -1993 R. Staliliūnaitė was the actress of Kaunas State Drama Theatre (KSDT). The creative biography of Rūta Staliliūnaitė is marked with dozens of roles among which the majority are main roles that have become bright marks in the history of the Lithuanian theatre.
From 1993 she left Kaunas State Drama Theatre, the only theatre in her life, at her own wish and started creating literature reading programmes, organising poetry evenings, participating in joint literature and music projects.
R.Staliliūnaitė died after a hard disease at the age of 73 on the 9th of May, 2011.
Roles in KSDT
1963 Veročka. Golubeva Viktor Rozov “Before Supper”. Director H.Vancevičius
1963 Seller of Roses. Jurij Olesha “Three Porkers”. Director S.Motiejūnas
1964 Roma. Raimundas Samulevičius “Student-like Novel”. Director S.Motiejūnas
1964 Beggar. Federico Garcia Lorca “Bernarda Alba’s House”. Director H.Vancevičius
1964 Aselė. Chingiz Aitmatov “My Poplar in Red Scarf”. Director K.Genys
1964 Saulė. Kazys Saja “Sun and Pole”. Director H.Vancevičius
1964 Prostitute. Bertold Brecht “Opera for Three Peanuts”. Director A.Gončarovas, G.Kostiukovas
1965 Birutė. Rimšaitė Jonas Avyžius “Village on Crossroads”. Director H.Vancevičius
1966 Cleopatra. William Shakespeare “Antonio and Cleopatra”. Director H.Vancevičius
1966 Laima. Dalia Urnevičiūtė “Stepped Threshold”. Director S.Čaikauskas
1966 Jurga. Kazys Boruta “Baltaragis’ Mill”. Director S.Motiejūnas
1967 Giedrė Šalnaitė. Dalia Urnevičiūtė “Tyluva – 2 kilometres”. Director A.lapėnas
1967 Mėta. Dalia Urnevičiūtė “Father’s Toys”. Director S.Motiejūnas
1968 Nazi. G.Baidzijev “Duel”. Director J.Jurašas
1969 King Motiejukas the First. Janush Korchak “King Motiejukas the First”. Director L.Kutuzova
1970 Nadiežda Krupskaja. Michail Shatrov “Bolsheviks”. Director J.Jurašas
1970 Galia. E.Braginski, E.Riazanov “Once on New Year’s Night”. Director S.Motiejūnas
1970 Marija Pikulienė. Juozas Glinskis “Grasa’s House”. Director J.Jurašas
1971 Tolgonaij. Chingiz Aitmatov “Mother’s Field”. Director J.Jurašas
1972 Barbora Radvilaitė. Juozas Grušas “Barbora Radvilaitė”. Director J.Jurašas
1972 Nora. Henrik Ibsen “Nora”. Director L.Kutuzova
1974 Blansha. Tennessee Williams “Tram of Desires”. Director D.Tamulevičiūtė
1974 Antuanete. Maks Frish “Biography: Performance”. Director V.Čibiras
1975 Adonė. Juozas Grušas “Švitrigaila”. Director V.Čibiras
1977 Ube’s Wife. Alfred Jarry “King Ube”. Director J.Vaitkus
1977 Marry Popins. Pamela Travers “Marry Popins”. Director G.Žilys
1978 Sokolova. Maksim Gorki “The Last”. Director J.Vaitkus
1978 Barbora Radvilaitė. Juozas Grušas “Union”. Director J.Vaitkus
1978 Ana Petrovna. Anton Chechov “Ivanov”. Director E.Nekrošius
1980 Fru Solnes. Henrik Ibsen “Builder Solnes”. Director J.Vaitkus
1980 Viltė. Vincas Krėvė “Šarūnas”. Director J.Vaitkus
1981 Pianist. P.Peterson “Bastard”. Director P.Petersonas
1982 Clara. Cetkin Michail Shatrov “Blue Horses in Read Meadow”. Director J.Vaitkus
1982 Mrs. Gibs. Thornton Wilder “Our Town”. Director G.padegimas
1983 Kesonija. Albert Camus “Caligula”. Director J.Vaitkus
1984 Aldona. Juozas Montvila “Great Desire”. Director N.Karpuškaitė
1985 Mrs. Conway. John Boynton Priestley “Time and the Conways”. Director G.Padegimas
1985 Woman. Aleksej Dudarev “Privates”. Director V.Balsys
1985 Eleanor. William Shakespeare “Richard II”. Director J.Vaitkus
1986 Naka. Manol Koress “Nursing Home”. Director J.Vaitkus
1987 Heili. Sam Shepard “Buried Child”. Director V.Balsys
1990 Ulijona. Aušra Marija Sluckaitė “Sand Claviers”. Director J.Jurašas
1991 Julija. Friedrich Durrenmatt “Romulo the Great”. Director G.Padegimas
1991 Mother. Harold Pinter “Language of Mountains”. Director J.Jurašas
2006 Adelaide. Jalmar Bergman “The Last Swain”. Director V. Valašinas. Kaunas Artists’ House
2007 Mother. H. Muller "Silent Night". Director V. Valašinas. Kaunas Artists’ House
Roles in cinema and television
1970 Irena. “My Irena”. Lithuanian TV
1972 Gulbinienė. “Small Confession”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1975 Countess Ricburgienė. “Day of Retribution”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1977 Woman. “Trade”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1978 Eugenija. “Blooming of Unsown Rye”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1978 Ana Marija Rosh. Marguarite Duras “Music”. Lithuanian TV
1979 Marija. Jonas Drucė “The Blessed”. Lithuanian TV
1980 General's Wife. “Ignis Fatuus”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1981 Morta. “Honeymoon in America”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1981 Mrs. Grifits. “American Tragedy”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1982 Meri Geordach. “The Rich, the Poor…”. Lithuanian TV
1983 Irena. “His Wife’s Confession”. Lithuanian Cinema Studio
1984 Morkuvienė. “Here is our Home”. Lithuanian TV
2008 Theatre Make-up Maker. “When I Was A Partisan”
Programmes of literature readings
1993 Karolis Wojtyla. “In Front of Jeweller’s Shop”
1995 M.K.Čiurlionis. “Letters for Sofija”
1996 Arthur Miller. “National Enemy”
1997 Algimantas Mackus. “Dedications to Death and Love”
1998 Dalia Grinkevičiūtė. “Lithuanians at Laptev Sea”
1999 Petras Palilionis. “Windy Sun”
2000 M.K.Čiurlionis. “Creation of Word”
2000 Juozas Grušas. “Princess Was not Clever”
2001 Juozas Grušas. “Father and Son”
2001 Juozas Grušas. “Career Makers”
2001 100 to Juozas Grušas. “That Crazy Anti-Philistine”, “We want to Know the Great Duke of Theatre”
2002 100 to Stasys Santvaras. “Existence is Never Enough”, “Open Windows”
2002 75 to Dalia Grinkevičiūtė. “Sophocles and Lithuanian Antigone”
2002 Programme of literature and music with the soloist S.Martinaitytė. “We Cross Earth Only Once”
2003 Programme of literature and music with the soloist S.Martinaitytė. “Song Started Sounding”, “Conversations of Queens”. Pažaislis Music Festival.
2005 Programme of literature and music with the soloist S.Martinaitytė. “Woman’s Life and Love”. Pažaislis Music Festival
2006 Henrikas Nagys. “We’ll Tame a Hawk”
2006 Literature programme for the Lithuanian community in Boston (USA)
1996-2008 Literature programmes "A Day with M.K.Čiurlionis"
2008 Literature and music programme with Prof. Juozas Rimas. "Our Words Crumbled on Wings of Winds" (old Lithuanian songs).
2008 Literature and music programme with the pianist Rokas Zubovas. "Higher, Higher, Where there are no Shadows " (L.Gutauskas "In Fine").
Achievements, Awards
1970 Name of honoured actress
1973 State prize of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
1980 Name of national actress
1998 “Christopher” prize
1998 Government’s art prize
1998 Order of the 4th degree of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
2001 Name of Kaunas Artist of the Year
2004 Name of Kaunas city honourable citizen
2008 Santaka sign of honour of the 2nd degree
2008 Sign of honour of Chairman of Kaunas County
2008 Fortune of gratitude for merits to Lithuanian theatre
2008 Culture and Art Prize of Kaunas City Municipality for nourishment of stage art and important cultural activity
2008 National culture and art prize for the high theatre art, for roles that became symbols of Lithuanian theatre, for Barbora, Cleopatra, Nora, Jurga, Morta.
2011 Golden Stage Cross for merits of entire life to the Lithuanian theatre.
