Marziyya Yusuf qizi Davudova, also spelled Marziya Davudova, (25 November 1901 – 6 January 1962) was an Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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i actress, People's Artist of USSR (1949).

Life and career

Marziyya Davudova was born in Astrakhan

Astrakhan

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, Russia

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, and graduated from the Jamiyyat-i Kheyriyya Islamiyya school. In 1917, she debuted as an actress at the local Tatar Drama Theatre. In 1918, 16-year old Davudova's incredible talent was noticed by Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i actor Huseyn Arablinski

Huseyn Arablinski

Huseyn Arablinski , born Huseynbala Mammad oglu Khalafov , was an Azerbaijani actor.-Life and career:...

 who was visiting Astrakhan at the time. After the play and a short interview, Arablinski invited Davudova to pursue an acting career in Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

. In 1920, she settled in Azerbaijan and began acting at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. 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 Jabbarli, Hayat by Mirza Ibrahimov

Mirza Ibrahimov

Mirza Ibrahimov , Azerbaijani writer, playwright, state and public figure.Mirza Ibrahimov was born in the village of Eve in Iranian Azerbaijan...

, Lyubov Yarovaya by Konstantin Trenyov, etc. In 1949, Marziyya Davudova became People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...

. 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. Her last role was that of the Mother in a theatre play based on Alexis Parnis's Aphrodite's Island in 1961.

Marziyya Davudova was married to actor and director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

Abbas Mirza Abdulrasul oglu Sharifzadeh was an Azerbaijani actor, film director and film editor, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan SSR .-Acting career:...

. She was the mother of actress Firangiz Sharifova and great-grandmother of Eurovision 2011 winner Eldar Gasimov

Eldar Gasimov

Eldar "Ell" Gasimov is an Azerbaijani singer who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the music duo Eldar & Nigar with Nigar Jamal.-Early life:...

. She died in Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

.

The Mingachevir State Drama Theatre is named after Davudova.

External links

• Marziyya Davudova at the Internet Movie Database
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