Nasiba Zeynalova
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Nasiba Jahangir qizi Zeynalova (20 April 1916, Baku
– 10 March 2004, Baku
) was an Azerbaijani
actress and People's Artist
of Azerbaijan. She was famous mostly for her comedy roles.
, now the capital of Azerbaijan) into the family of a merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran
just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918
committed by Bolshevik
military units in Baku. Zeynalova's father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea
.
While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib
's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. Alongside, she was earning a degree at the Baku School of Theatre.
In the following years Nasiba Zeynalova acted in 22 films and around 70 plays, as well as in numerous television sketches. She is most remembered for the roles of Fatmanisa in Ogey ana ("Stepmother", 1958), Sughra in Bizim Jabish muallim ("Our Teacher Jabish", 1969), Jannat in Gayinana ("Mother-in-law", 1978) and Auntie Asli in Beyin ogurlanmasi ("The Kidnapping of the Groom", 1985). In 1967 Nasiba Zeynalova became People's Artist
of Azerbaijan.
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...
– 10 March 2004, 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...
) was an Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani people
The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
actress and People's Artist
People's Artist
People's Artist is a honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states , as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR....
of Azerbaijan. She was famous mostly for her comedy roles.
Life and career
Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian EmpireRussian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, now the capital of Azerbaijan) into the family of a merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918
March Days
The March Days, or March Events, refer to an inter-ethnic strife and massacres of up to 12,000 Azerbaijanis and other Muslims that took place between March 30 and April 2, 1918 in the city of Baku and adjacent areas of the Baku Governorate of Russian Empire.Facilitated by a political power struggle...
committed by Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
military units in Baku. Zeynalova's father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
.
While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib
Rza Tahmasib
Rza Abbasgulu oglu Tahmasib was an Azerbaijani film director and actor.-Early life:Tahmasib was born Rza Tahmasibbeyov to a wealthy merchant family. He received his primary education at Maktab-i Tarbiyya school in Nakhchivan, where he learned Russian, Persian and Arabic languages. He continued his...
's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. Alongside, she was earning a degree at the Baku School of Theatre.
In the following years Nasiba Zeynalova acted in 22 films and around 70 plays, as well as in numerous television sketches. She is most remembered for the roles of Fatmanisa in Ogey ana ("Stepmother", 1958), Sughra in Bizim Jabish muallim ("Our Teacher Jabish", 1969), Jannat in Gayinana ("Mother-in-law", 1978) and Auntie Asli in Beyin ogurlanmasi ("The Kidnapping of the Groom", 1985). In 1967 Nasiba Zeynalova became People's Artist
People's Artist
People's Artist is a honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states , as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR....
of Azerbaijan.
Filmography
- Ögey ana (1958)
- Mollanın sərgüzəşti (1960)
- Böyük dayaq (1962)
- Ulduz (1964)
- Qanun namin (1968)
- Bizim Cəbiş müəllim (1969)
- Dəli Kür (1969)
- O qızı tapın (1970)
- Bizim küçənin oğlanları (1973)
- 1001-ci qastrol (1974)
- Любовь с первого взгляда (1975)
- Xoşbəxtlik qayğıları (1976)
- Qaynana (1978)
- Mən mahnı bəsləyirəm (1978)
- За закрытой дверью (1981)
- Не бойся, я с тобой (1981)
- Bəyin oğurlanması (1985)
- Qəm pəncərəsi (1986)
- Xüsusi vəziyyət (1986)
- Gecə qatarında qətl (1990)
- Güllələnmə taxirə salınır (1993)
- Yuxu (1995)
- Məhəllə (2003)