National Theater actress Rasma Garne has died

Garne was born on March 26, 1941 in Riga, he graduated from the 3rd high school in Riga and after graduating from the Theater Faculty of the Conservatory in 1963, he started working at the Latvian National Theatre, according to the information on the Theatre’s website. Latvian National Theatre.

The actress received the Alfred Amtmans-Briedīša award for her portrayal of Marga Salinas in “Squirrels” by Harija Gulbja. She is also a Gambler’s Night winner for best supporting actress for her role as Tituba in Arthur Miller’s Salem Witches.

Garne had the first role in Lena Gunaras Priede’s play “Miks and Dzilna”, which was held at the same time as the diploma thesis presentations and got a place in the National Theater ensemble, the dedicated website for a hundred years of the National Theater “100.teatris. lv” says about the actress.

However, together with the advanced heroes, Garne showed good humor and played unexpected characters, which showed that an interesting discovery is expected in the second half of her life, digging deeper and deeper into the knowledge- the mind of a woman.

It is emphasized that the Latvian mind of the actress was expressed in the productions of the works of Latvian playwrights, especially in the plays of Hari Gulbja – she played Inta in “One fiery maple”, Dainuvīti in ” Silta jauka ausainīte”, Ingrīda in “Cirulīš”, Sandra in “Alberta” and Stefanija in “Oliver”, Astra Jānis Jurkānas “Clock with Cuckoo”, Agnes “Hummingbird” and Velta “Dūdieviņa”.

Both clearly and tragically, she revealed the world of the characters of Rudolf Blaumanis – the practical mistress Madi in “Saturday afternoon”, the bravura Eda inspired by freedom in “After the first rally” , the tough, hard-working Eva who was tortured for her mistress’s name. in “Indranos”, the sad Ažu in “The Lost Son”.

The life experience, temperament and mastery of the actress are fully represented in the roles intertwined with tragedy – Liena in “Mērnieku laikis”, Ponsia in “The House of Bernard Alba”, Miss Dalyja in “Moon’s Waters”, reports “100.teatris. lv”.

Garne can also be seen in the Latvian films “We are four” (1972), “If it weren’t for this rainbow” (1980), “Rain blues” (1982), “Zītaru gītima” (1989) and ” Depression” (1991).

In 2018, the actress received the Order of Three Stars for her contribution to theater and cinema.