Lilita Ozolina(1947-2023)
- Actress
Lilita Ozolina is a Soviet and Latvian theater and film actress. Honored Artist of the Latvian SSR.
Born in Riga, in a family of intellectuals: mother Albertina, worked as an assistant director at a German film studio, father Arvid, was a test pilot. At the age of ten, she auditioned for the role of a shepherdess in the film Ekho (1960), but she was not taken. After 8 years, Lilita entered the People's Film Actor Studio at the Riga Film Studio. During her school years, she planned to become a doctor. And in parallel with her studies, she underwent vocational training at a medical school and practiced as a nurse at the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital in Riga. Since 1966, she began working at the Jan Rainis Art Theatre. In 1969, Lilita graduated from the film actor studio, and in 1971 - the acting department of the J. Vitols Latvian State Conservatory.
She made her film debut, playing the role of Velta in the film Kad lietus un veji sitas loga (1968), which was filmed by one of the studio's teachers, director Aloizs Brencs. This was followed by other film work. However, it was her role as Marta in Dolgaya doroga v dyunakh (1982) that brought her popularity. Having played Marta, she became the star of the Soviet screen. Her photographs were instantly sold out at the kiosks, and young mothers named their daughters after her heroine. The success of the film was followed by numerous film offers. She starred in the musical Isa pamaciba milesana (1982), in the comedy Salavecisa personiga dzive (1982), in the political detective story Dvoynoy kapkan (1986) and others.
Born in Riga, in a family of intellectuals: mother Albertina, worked as an assistant director at a German film studio, father Arvid, was a test pilot. At the age of ten, she auditioned for the role of a shepherdess in the film Ekho (1960), but she was not taken. After 8 years, Lilita entered the People's Film Actor Studio at the Riga Film Studio. During her school years, she planned to become a doctor. And in parallel with her studies, she underwent vocational training at a medical school and practiced as a nurse at the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital in Riga. Since 1966, she began working at the Jan Rainis Art Theatre. In 1969, Lilita graduated from the film actor studio, and in 1971 - the acting department of the J. Vitols Latvian State Conservatory.
She made her film debut, playing the role of Velta in the film Kad lietus un veji sitas loga (1968), which was filmed by one of the studio's teachers, director Aloizs Brencs. This was followed by other film work. However, it was her role as Marta in Dolgaya doroga v dyunakh (1982) that brought her popularity. Having played Marta, she became the star of the Soviet screen. Her photographs were instantly sold out at the kiosks, and young mothers named their daughters after her heroine. The success of the film was followed by numerous film offers. She starred in the musical Isa pamaciba milesana (1982), in the comedy Salavecisa personiga dzive (1982), in the political detective story Dvoynoy kapkan (1986) and others.
