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Tinka Kurti

Tinka Kurti (born December 17, 1932) is one of the best known Albanian actresses. Her body of work, in about 60 years, she has acted in approximately 65 feature movies and 170 theatre plays.

Tinka was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She was the oldest of four children. At a young age her family moved to the city of Shkodra in northern part of Albania. It is in Shkodra where she would spend most of her life and where she would first decide to join the Migjeni theatre troupe.

She made her first theatre appearance at the age of 16, in a minor role in the play Dasma Shkodrane (Wedding from Shkodra.) At 17, she was chosen for a leading role in the first Albanian film “Tana.” What followed was an endless series of roles that would rightfully make her name a treasure of Albanian art.

In 1982 she appeared in Qortimet e vjeshtës.

In 1996 Kurti was honored by the U.S. Biographical Institute with its “Woman of the Year" award. Upon receiving the award, Kurti said: “I want to thank from the bottom of my heart those who honored me with this award. I only learned about it a short time ago, but it’s something that will not be easily forgotten.” Kurti has won other awards in her career such as one in Italy for her role in the movie Zemra e Nënës (Mother’s Heart.) In Sweden, the Albanian theatre in the city of Malmö is named after her.

In 2003, the Albanian director, Esat Teliti,^[1] made a bibliographical documentary as a tribute to her life. It was simply named “Tinka”.

To this day Kurti still acts and amazes her audience wherever she goes. She once said: "I don't fear the old age, not even death. But, I do fear the senility of the brain, and when that moment will come, I think I would be dead two times. That's why I want to work."

• Kosova: Desperate Search^[2] - 2006
• Nata (The night) - 1998
• Zemra e Nënës (Mother’s heart) - 1995
• Në emër të lirisë (In the name of freedom) - 1987
• Hije që mbeten pas (Shadows left behind) -1985
• Besa e kuqe (Red faith) - 1982
• Qortimet e Vjeshtës (Autumn’s reproach) - 1982
• Si gjithë të tjerët (Like all the others) -1981
• Mengjeze te reja (New mornings) - 1980
• Nusja (The bride) - 1980
• Gjeneral gramafoni (The general gramophone) - 1978
• Vajzat me kordele të kuqe (Girls with red ribbons) - 1978
• Emblema e dikurshme - 1976
• Cifti i lumtur (The happy couple) – 1975
• Lumë drite (River of light) - 1975
• Operacion Zjarri (Fire operation) - 1973
• Yjet e netëve të gjata - (Stars of long nights) - 1972
• Guximtarët (The brave) - 1970
• Tana (Tana) - 1958

1. ^ Esat Teliti at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Kosova: Desperate Search at the Internet Movie Database

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