Eleni Qirici

Biography

Eleni Qirici was born on January 25, 1925 in Australia. She is an Australian-Albanian actress, singer dancer and acrobat based in United States. Throughout her career she has proven to be an actress, dancer and acrobat. Initially she worked at the Italian theater "Bertoldissimo" and made a successful tour through Italy. She was the main protagonist, whom the press of the time called "La piccola grande Dea", (The great little goddess). He was noted for his success during the filming of the American company "Metro Goldwin Mayer" in Hollywood. She stayed in Hollywood for a long time where she starred in many movies. Eleni Qirici is Albanian, born in Australia. Famous artist, with Korça father and Australian mother. She spent her life between singing, acting and dancing. She now lives in America as a wealthy and happy retiree. In youth she has been beautiful and always enviable by men. Korça, his father's place, was touched only when he was nine months old. Who lived those years, or knows the history well, definitely remembers the singer Elena Qirici. She gave a few concerts in Albania, starting with Korça, the city of serenades, with Tirana, Shkodra, Durrës, Elbasan, etc. But most of her success, Qirici won in Europe and America, where she still lives today at the age of 82. It comes from a family of artists whose history is ancient and rich. This family, who emigrated to America in 1890 for economic reasons, would later become one of the most regular members of the mundane holidays. Elena Qirici, the famous Albanian artist, who has been highly praised by the world press, started her artistic career at the age of five, where she started singing, dancing and doing acrobatics, the latter taught by her uncle. For the first time, so shy and with the sincerity of a child, Qirici performed on the stage of the cinema "majestic", together with the group of his uncle, who thanks to her achieved a great success, which made him cross the borders of Korça. When she was only 13 years old, Elena occupied the country scenes alone. Elena gave her first concert together with her parents, instrumentalists, in the "majestic" cinema in Korça. It was a coordination of the interpretation of both instrumentalist parents and their daughter who sometimes sang, sometimes danced and sometimes performed as acrobats. The concert was received with great enthusiasm, which encouraged the little girl, who soon became known for her talent in the scenes of the cities of Tirana, Durres, Shkodra, Elbasan, Vlora, etc. She surprised the audience, while the press of the time covered Elena's artistic tour, highlighting her artistic talent, especially for the songs.