Violeta Manushi, People’s Artist, on the 100th anniversary of her birth

This is the 100th year since the birth of the great actress Violeta Manushi.

On March 6, 1926, one of the icons of Albanian theatre, Violeta Manushi, was born, leaving behind a rich artistic legacy.

Manushi, who excelled in both comedy and drama, performed over 100 roles in theatre and 16 in cinema.

A former typography worker, at just 20 years old she enrolled in the first drama school, opened in 1946 at the Albanian Theatre (today the National Theatre). She immediately stood out for her authenticity, spontaneity, rare naturalness, as well as discipline and iron will. In the drama “The Kremlin Hours” (1957), she played three roles at once, setting an original record that still stands.

She later shone in leading roles in the comedies “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (1959) and “The Morality of Mrs. Dulska” (1958). From national dramaturgy, she successfully portrayed Olimbia in “Carnivals of Korça” (1964), Zyhra in “The Second Face” (1968), Nica in “The General of the Dead Army” (1971), Ollga in “The Lady from the City” (1975), and Auntie in “Palace 176” (1985), completely transforming herself in each role.

She also acted in 16 films, from “Tana” (1958) to “The Small Siege” (1989), as well as in the TV drama “The General of the Dead Army” (1976). For her role as Aunt Ollga in “The Lady from the City,” she won the Film Festival Medallion in 1977.

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