Marika Kallamata (1930 – 2019) Albanian Theater and Cinematography actress. Undoubtedly, she remains one of the prominent Albanian actresses. The grandmother of fairy tales, the interpreter of many secondary roles, but which lined up the actress in the pantheon of cinema, was born in Fier on November 17, 1930. A kind of desire for acting was noticed as early as her teenage years in her hometown. "In the choir, I didn't tell him much, neither for the first voice nor for the second because I was out of tune. However, if I left, the others would also leave, because we were all from the same alley", he tells about his beginnings in the theater near the House of Culture, where he was appreciated by teachers trained at the Normal School of Elbasan. In the 50s, she would make the final choice, she left Fieri and her job as a kindergarten teacher, to come to the capital once and for all. He recited in front of the People's Theater commission, in front of Andrea Malo, Mihal Popi, Andon Panos and other names heard in the art of the time. He would start his career in this theater in 1950. It was decided that this special temperament, adapted for character roles, would be on probation for two years and he would be paid according to the roles (sometimes even the royalties were forgotten) because at that time "the roles with weight, those that gave you the opportunity to explode". Marika Kallamata gave exams together with Margarita Xhepa and Drita Agolli. It was not yet the time when dramatic art graduates approached the theater. So she studied for four years at the Artistic Lyceum together with other artistic troupes from the Army, Song and Dance Ensemble, Philharmonic, Opera Theater and Ballet, the Puppet Theater, that someone had left school at graduation, one or two years, or actresses like Liza Vorfi, Behije Çela who had left their studies halfway through because they had become mothers. The only one with full education was Drita Pelinku, who had studied pedagogy. In this theater he would perform a series of roles such as the plays "For those who are in the sea"; the bride in "Toka nõna" directed by Pandi Stillu, where she performed alongside Marie Logoreci and Loro Kovaci, in "Arturo Ui" she played the role of a husband; the Japanese woman in "On the Other Side", the villager in "The Rise and Fall of Comrade Zylo", "The Prefect"; "Kremlin Hours"; "The man with the rifle, etc. She stands out in the role of the maid in Goldoni's comedy "Mirandolina". The role that will make him famous will be that of Oto Aspasisa in the comedy "Carnivals of Korce" by Spiro Comore in 1964. 
While in the cinema, you will start in 1957 in the first Albanian short film "Her Children", then she was Gjergji's mother in "Guerrilla Unit", Xhemilja in "Vajzat me kordele", Nora's mother in "Students of my class", Light in "Endless words", also played in "Toast of my wedding", "Dream for a chair", as well as in the movie "A very father". 
He returned to the theater to perform after retirement, in "Shelter of the Forgotten" in 2004. He performed about 60 roles, among the most successful are: Ortensia, Aspasia, Mara, Fallxhesha, Nina, Ana, Nekija, and in several episodic roles she has been a very good actress. Even though she was surrounded by dozens of successful actresses, Marika maintained her individuality. He retired in October 1985, but Marika did not leave the stage. She was honored with the title "Deserved Artist". 
In June 2013, she finished writing a book entitled "Dear colleagues", a book of verses or poems dedicated to the colleagues with whom she worked. Something more about this book, we would say that she started writing it as early as 1967. She, through descriptions or verses, has described the characteristics of the luminaries of the Albanian stage art, including about 55 characters that are called irreplaceable in Albanian acting. Among them, she described Naim Frashëri, Pjetër Goka, Violeta Manushi, Sandër Prosin, Marie Logoreci, Drita Pelingu, Lazër Filipin, Kadri Roshin, Sulejman Pitarka, Besa Imam, Ndrek Lucë, Prokop Mima, Kadri Roshin, Tinka Kurtin, Pirro Manin, Robert Ndrenika, Roland Trebicka, Roza Anagnosti, etc.. every time Marika saw her friends in roles, she tried to portray them. But her inspiration has also come at the time of birthdays such as: Liza Vorfit, Drita Pelingut, Lazër Vlashi, Lazër Filipit and many others. He passed away at the age of 89 on December 22, 2019. 
𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐫𝐟𝐢 1957 — Her Children…….The Villager 1969 — The Guerrilla Unit…….George's Mother 1972 — Conscience…….The Mother of the Sick Boy 1972 — The Captain …….The foreman of the masons 1976 — The last winter…….The old woman 1978 — The girls with red ribbons…….Xemilja, the caretaker of the dormitory 1978 — From the middle of darkness……Mother Hajria 1978 — When the foundations were laid (TV movie)……..Havaja 1978 — My wedding toast……Xhikua 1978 — In the snowy forests there are life……..guxhinjere 1979 — Radio station…..Falxhorja 1979 — In our house……Vasili's wife, Stefi's neighbor 1979 — We came from the war…. .Mejidja 1979 — Face to face….Xhemal Struga's wife 1981 — When a movie was being shot….. 1983 — Apassionata….Arturi's aunt 1984 — Students of my class…. .Nora's Mother 1984 — Dream of a Chair…..The Ex 1986 — The Mistake……Grandmother 1986 — Rough Start….Fairy Mother 1986 — Endless Words… Light 1986 – When the doors of life open… Bardhyl's mother 1987 — A long year…….the hospital orderly 1990 – Years of waiting….one of the villagers 2000 — An extra father (Film TV)….Filomena 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫 "I čuditeshmi" by Nazim Hikmet "On the other side" by Bajranov…..Japanese – 24/04/1957 "Carnivals of Korça" by Spiro Çomorra….Teto Aspasia – 21 /03/1959 "14 year old groom" by AZ Çajup – 23/01/1964 "Toka e jone"….Bride – "Përkolgjinajt" by Kola Jakovo 27/03/1966– "Friends" by Bashkim Kozeli… .Grandmother 12/11/1966 "Prefect" by Besim Lëvonja (Honored Artist) – 13/02/1969 "A bride for Stas" by Teodor Laço – 06/04/1969 "A short winter" by Sheri Mita – 04 /02/1971 "Smoke that clears" by Zisa Cikuli – 23/05/1971 "Arturo Ui" …… (plays a role of a man in one of the plays of this theater) "Crawfish" by Shefqet Musaraji – 09/11/ 1974 "The dream of that winter" by Teodor Laço…..The miller's wife – 13/04/1976 "Communists" by Ruzhdi Pulaha…..Old woman Rufe 05/03/1977 "The rise and fall of Comrade Zylo" of A. Qesari (Honored Artist)……The villager – 16/10/1981 "House with two gates" by Ruzhdi Pulaha – 31/03/1983 "Tomorrow is late" by Ruzhdi Pulaha – 08/11/ 1984 "Shelter of the Forgotten" by Ruzhdi Pulaha – 23/12/1987 "Trojans" by V Theodoropoulos……..Queen Margarita — /– /2004 – "Lightning in the weather"….. ..Servant – 25/12/2008 ÇmẦﺢ𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐣 20 November 1984 Merited Artist 30 September 1982 Order "Naim Frashëri" First Class Published on Facebook on the page with the same name as in November 2013 and revised in the following years. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.577156882344184&type=3&comment_id=998674580192410 _________________________ Albanian cinematography in activity since 2013
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