Wii Artman died

On Saturday, at the 79th year of life, the Latvian actress Viya Artman died, reports Echo of Moscow .

Viya Artman was born in a small village in a peasant family in 1929. Father died four months before the birth of his daughter.

She graduated from the drama studio at the Art Theater named after Janis Rainis. In 1949, she became the actress of the theater. After 20 years, she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR.

By the beginning of the 1970s, she became one of the most popular actresses of Soviet cinema. The roles of Sony in the film "Native Blood" and on the picture "Nobody wanted to die" became the stages for the actress. In addition to theatrical and cinematic activity, she was actively engaged in public work. She headed the Union of Theater Workers of Latvia, was a member of the Soviet Committee for Protection of the World.

In 1978, director Yanis Streich set the television film "Theater" based on the novel by Somerset Maugham. The main role of the actress, the prima of the theater Julia Lambert, masterfully performed Viya Artman. In the early 90s, the director Valery Todorovsky shot the film "Katafalk", where the actress played the main role of Andreevna and was nominated for "Nika".

Until 1999, the actress continued to actively work in the theater. In 1990, a book of memoirs of the actress "Heart in the palm" was published in Moscow, and in 2003, the actress "Winter -hardy. Moments of my life" were published in Riga. For a great contribution to the art of Wii Artman, she was awarded the Order of three stars.

In the Internet community they write that Via Artman lived very poorly and lonely for the last ten years. She was taken away from her and gave the heirs of the old owner, who, after the collapse of the USSR, returned from emigration. For some time she lived in her native Dailers Theater, literally behind the stage. Then, left without work, she moved to the country house, built in Soviet times in a personal plot.

In an interview, Viy Artman said: "I am proud that I lived in that country and I had such a spectator!"