Donatas Juozas Banionis was born on April 28, 1924, in Kaunas, Lithuania. His mother, named Blazhaitite-Banionene Ona, was a housewife. His father, named Juozas Banionis, was a tailor who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was wounded in the Russian Civil War, then became a political prisoner, and briefly emigrated to Brasil during the 1920's. Young Banionis was raised with his elder sister during the years of Lithuanian independence before WWII.In 1941 Donatas Banionis was hire ...[Read Story]