Margarita Xhepa will be escorted to her final resting place today, after tributes that will be held from 10:00-13:00 in the lobby of the National Opera and Ballet Theater.
The icon of Albanian cinema passed away yesterday (April 3), a day after celebrating her 91st birthday. Margarita Xhepa passed away in a private hospital in Tirana, where she had been hospitalized due to several pulmonary problems.
The actress was born on April 2, 1934, in the city of Lushnja, where she took her first steps towards her career.
From 1950, she was active as a probist artist at the People's Theater (today the National Theater) and at the same time studied at the Artistic Lyceum, Drama branch.
She has performed over 150 roles in theater, including: Majlinda in the film 'Majlinda', Dafina in 'The Dead River', Filja in 'The Little Girl of the Mountains', Mrs. Mother in 'Who Brought Doruntina', Mother in 'In Front of Myself', etc.
She has been equally successful in world dramaturgy roles, such as Ophelia in 'Hamlet', the second daughter in 'King Lear', the nanny in 'Romeo and Juliet', and Queen Margaret in 'Richard III', by Shakespeare.
Other roles from world dramaturgy include Clea in 'The Fox and the Grapes' (Figereido), Lena in 'Uncle Vanya' (Chekhov), Lady Milford in 'Louise Miller', Mrs. Berling in 'The Inspector's Visit' (Priestly), Mrs. Loman in 'Death of a Commissioner', Anna Andrejevna in 'The Inspector', Marsela in 'The Gardener's Dog', Mashenka in 'Mashenka', Shejla in 'The Morality of Mrs. Dulska', or Dado in 'Sophocles' Electra', under the direction of the Greek director 'Dimitri Mavrikis', at the National Theater of Greece in Athens.
In addition to roles in theater, he has also performed 32 roles in cinema, working with most Albanian directors, including the films: "The First Years", "Traces", "The Last Winter", "The Bloody Land", "A Boy and a Girl", "The Passionate One", "General Gramophone", "The Circle of Memory", "The Waiting Years", "The Warm Hand", "The Stones of My House", "Spring Did Not Come Alone", "Concert in 1936", "The Last Sunday" and "Dear Enemy".
In 1997, he starred in the Greek film "Goodbye".
In May 2004, she returned to the stage of the National Theater, to excel in the drama "Streha e të harruarve", another success in her 50-year career.