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The famous Lithuanian actor passed away on 04.09.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX.
On July 17, 2014, he was admitted to intensive care. The 90-year-old actor began to feel unwell in early July, he complained of heart problems.
Six years ago, Banionis’s wife died, which is why health problems began … They lived with Ona Banionene for 60 happy years, his wife was the only and beloved woman in his life. It is known that six years ago he underwent a course of treatment, then he was installed with a pacemaker.
In the same year, Donatas Juozovich suffered clinical death, after which he was taken to a medical facility. After this news, millions of people wished their beloved actor recovery and long life. But life all the same was cut short by a huge life, lived inside the profession, in art, outside of any politics.
Donatas Banionis and Natalia Bondarchuk in the film “Solaris”
Donatas Juozovic Banionis
Today, all the media reported on the sad fact: at the age of 91, a famous Lithuanian actor and director, People’s Artist of the USSR Donatas Banionis died in hospital. He had a stroke two days ago.
Soviet and Lithuanian artist Donatas Juozovich Banionis was born on April 28, 1924 in Kaunas. Zodiac sign – Taurus. He started as a theater actor, then linked his career with cinema.
On the stage of the theater he “tried on” more than 100 images, played in performances:
- “Death of a Salesman” by A. Miller;
- “The Inspector General” by N. V. Gogol;
- “Liar” by K. Goldoni;
- “How the Steel Was Tempered” by N. Ostrovsky;
- “Hedda Gubler” by G. Ibsen;
- “There, Behind the Door” by V. Borchert;
- “Chair” by V. Vrublevskaya, “Straw Hat” by E. Labiche and Marc-Michel;
- “Proposal” A. P. Chekhov;
- “The Barber of Seville” by P. Beaumarchais and others.
However, he gained wide popularity thanks to his roles in films:
- “Nobody wanted to die”;
- “Dead Season”;
- Goya;
- Solaris;
- “The Flight of Mr. McKinley.”
In 1974 he received the honorary title of People’s Artist of the USSR, in 2013 he became a laureate of the National Prize of Lithuania in the field of culture and art.
Donatas Banionis’ wife and children
Family:
- father – Juozas Banionis (1890-1961);
- mother – Ona Blajitite-Banionene (1900-1977);
- wife – Ona Banionene (1924-2008);
- son – Egidius (1948-1993), historian, specialist in the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries, posthumously awarded the State Prize in Science;
- son – Raimundas (born 1957), graduated from VGIK, made several films.
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