Personal Life
Vija Artmane was married to Latvian actor Artur Dimitres, and the couple had two children, a son and a daughter. In 1986, after the death of her husband, she suffered from emotional breakdown and later had a stroke. In the 1990s, Artmane moved out of the city of Riga due to money shortage and settled in the countryside. In early 2000s (decade), she converted to Russian Orthodoxy. In 2004 she published a book of memoirs covering her acting career as well as her personal life.
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