Marie Logoreci

Marie Logoreci was an Albanian film and stage actress and poet, who was born in Shkodër in 1920. She started her artistic life as a singer for Radio Tirana in 1945 where she sang solo. She sang folk songs of Shkodër and Middle Albania in live radio broadcast. Meanwhile, she attended a one-year study of canto at Tirana artistic lyceum under the guidance of soprano Jorgjia Filçe-Truja ( People's Artist of Albania ). Logoreci also made her appearance in various concerts in Albania and Bulgaria. She has sung around 100 different songs in Radio Tirana during the 1945–1947 years. In 1947 she started to work as a full-time actor in the National Theatre of Albania after her debut in the Army Theatre. Her first role was in Molière's Tartuffe. She acted in around 90 roles during her career and she was active for around 52 years, acting even when she was almost completely blind. Some of her most acclaimed roles were those of Kharitonov, Shpend Gjeta, The Old Man, MacDonald, Miller, Zabeliku, Klaudi, King Lear, Gjini and Ali Pasha of Gucia. In 1961 she was one of the first four actors who was given the title of People's Artist of Albania. She also acted in some artistic movies, creating very strong characters. Her last role in the National Theatre of Albania was in the drama, Time before the Trial. Along with her work as a stage actor she was also a movie actor, a director and a translator.