Marziyya Davudova
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Marziyya Yusuf gizi DavudovaTemplate:Efn (8 December 1901 – 6 January 1962) was a Soviet Azerbaijani, Astrakhan Tatar actress who starred in theatre and silent film.[1] She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR (1949).[2][3]
Early life and career
Marziyya Davudova was born on 8 December 1901 in Astrakhan, Russian Empire (now Russia),[4] into a family of Astrakhan Tatar origins.[5] She graduated from the Jamiyyat-i Kheyriyya Islamiyya school.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1917, she debuted as an actress at the local Astrakhan Tatar Drama Theatre.[2]
In 1918, her talent was noticed by Azerbaijani actor Huseyn Arablinski who was visiting Astrakhan at the time.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". After the play and a short interview, Arablinski invited Davudova to pursue an acting career in Baku.[6] In 1920, she settled in Baku, Azerbaijan and joined the Arablinski theatre troupe, acting at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre.[2]
Many of her early roles portrayed the government-propagated heroic and independent image of the new-era Soviet woman, as seen in Sevil by Jafar Jabbarly, Hayat by Mirza Ibrahimov, Lyubov Yarovaya by Konstantin Trenyov, etc.[7]
Later life and death
Throughout her career, she also starred in films such as Bakhtiyar, Haji Gara, Bir aila, Bakinin ishiglari, Bir mahallali iki oghlan, Koroghlu, Asl dost, etc.[8] Her last role was that of the Mother in a theatre play based on Alexis Parnis's Aphrodite's Island in 1961.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
She was awarded the following awards: the Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1933); the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1936); the People's Artist of the USSR (1949); and Stalin Prize (or USSR State Prize) of the second degree (1948) for her role in the play "Morning of the East" by E. G. Mammadkhanli.[2]
Davudova died on 6 January 1962 in Baku, aged 60, after a long struggle with cancer.[4]
Personal life
Marziyya Davudova was the partner of actor and director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh,[9] who was executed by a Soviet Union firing squad for his political activities and connections. She was the mother of actress Firangiz Sharifova, and great-grandmother of Eurovision Song Contest 2011 winner Eldar Gasimov.[9][5]
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References
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- 20th-century Azerbaijani actresses
- People from Astrakhan
- People from Astrakhan Governorate
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- People's Artistes of the Azerbaijan SSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Azerbaijani people of Tatar descent
- Soviet Azerbaijani people
- Azerbaijani film actresses
- Azerbaijani silent film actresses
- Azerbaijani stage actresses
- Soviet film actresses
- Soviet silent film actresses
- Soviet stage actresses
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