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Actor G. Girdvain was known to all theater or cinema lovers. Almost 50 years of time-honored work on stage have not been forgotten, and many of the characters portrayed by the actor have remained in people’s memories.
It is symbolic that the actor says goodbye on the stage of the Little Theater in Vilnius, where he performed. Gediminas’s wife Delphi Told her that her husband was working to the last breath.
“It is a time when it is time to go out and it is time for others to come. It will be time for all of us to give way to youth. He also understood it and agreed, but, you know, we often feel completely different from what we talk about. That theater, the cinema is a bacillus. It seems that you have just entered and you already have to say goodbye. It is something like that. That wait … Gediminas really still had plays in the theater, he had roles. It was as if he didn’t have it and everything in his life was already faltering. No. This is a person who has been used to working all his life, “said Kristina Andrejauskaitė.
The farewell on the stage of the Little Theater of Vilnius will take place on Saturday until 7 p.m. It will also be possible to say goodbye to the actor on Sunday, from 10 a.m. at 2 p.m.
S t. Mass for G. Girdvainis: June 7. 8:30 a.m. at 9:30 p.m. Vilnius Street Joseph’s Church (Pilaitė Church).
The urn will be removed from the theater on June 7. 2 p.m.
The funeral will be held at the Artists’ Hill Cemetery in Antakalnis.
The actor called himself a lonely and closed person. He did not like giving interviews, there are only a few. The actor was frugal with words, but his expressive eyes often said more and more accurately than full sentences.
“I have suffered many injustices and I am not fighting. Because it doesn’t make sense. It was extremely painful … <...> Go on, you know, a lifetime … Well, now, “said the Mohican from the theater in an interview.
G. Girdvainis was a benchmark of professional mastery, having worked hard and hard since his youth.
About the actor
Delphi Remember that actor G. Girdvainis, 76, died on Tuesday. The news was confirmed by the actor’s wife, actress K. Andrejauskaitė.
“It just came to our attention then. There used to be heart trouble … And now it’s stopped,” said the famous actress.
G. Girdvainis was born in 1944 in Kretinga, graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatory, has been performing at the Vilnius Small Theater since 1994, and previously worked at Šiauliai and Youth Theaters.
The actor received the Grand Order’s Vytautas Officer’s Cross in 2004, and the Government’s Culture and Art Award in 2007.
In G. Girdvainis’ creative biography, about 120 roles in theater, film and television. Among recent works it is possible to distinguish Sprich M. Lermontov’s “Masquerade” (dir. R. Tumin), Lukas Lukičius in N. Gogol’s “Auditorium” (dir. R. Tumin), Chebutykin’s “Three Sisters” A. Chekhov (dir. R Tumin), Envoy of Sophocles in the King of Oedipus (dir. O. Koršunov), Henek T. Słobodzianek in Our Class (dir. Y. Ross), as well as a role in the play based on Martin Crimp’s “Happiness in the Republic” (dir. Jančiauskas).
One of his most prominent roles is Avner Rozentalis in the famous Rimas Tuminas performance “Smile to Us, Lord” (1994) based on Grigorijus Kanovičius. As the therapist Ramunė Balevičiūtė wrote, “Avner Rozentalis, the worthy monster Girdvainis, is eager to get rid of a beggar’s fate more than anything, although he is well aware that only death will free him from indivisibility. I would agree to become anything, both a goat and a tree, so that I don’t have to go through people with outstretched hands. “
Cinema occupied a large part of Girdvainis’ professional life. He has created memorable roles in films such as Herkus Mantas (dir. Marijonas Giedrys), “Feelings” (dir. Algirdas Dausa and Almantas Grikevičius), “Ave, Vita!” (Dir. Almantas Grikevičius), “The Bride of the Devil” (dir. Arūnas Žebriūnas) and many others. And the role of G. Girdvainis Jogaila in the LTV series “Familiares” undoubtedly raised the poster of the artistic level of this genre.
During the Soviet era, G. Girdvainis had become a symbol of acting mastery and a responsible approach to the profession, earning recognition from critics and the love of many viewers. In addition, this actor formed a tradition of acting non-stamped characters, which he constantly renewed with his new works in theater and cinema. In recent years, Girdvainis has been particularly creative: in 2018. he played the old Vingis in the performance of director Gabrielina Tuminaitė according to Žemaitė’s “Marčia”, and in 2019. he played the leading role in Kirill Glushayev’s play “I don’t remember a thing “by Arthur Miller.
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