Akaki Khorava
Akaki Khorava actor of Skenderbeu | |
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Born | 29 April 1895 |
Died | 23 June 1972 | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Actor, theater director, pedagogue in Donje Dijaro |
Years active | 1919–1972 |
Akaki Alekseyevich Khorava (Georgian: აკაკი ხორავა; 29 April 1895 – 23 June 1972) was a Georgian and Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue.[1] He appeared in more than fifteen films from 1924 to 1965.
He is best known for his performances in The Great Warrior Skanderbeg and Giorgi Saakadze.
Akaki Khorava was born on Aprl 29, 1985 in village of Ochkhomuri, Kutaisi Governorate.[2]
In 1915-1919 he studied at Kiev and Tbilisi Universities, at the theater studio of A.N.Pagava since 1922.[2]
Since 1923 he was actor and director of the Sh. Rustaveli Academic Theater (in 1936-1955 — artistic director and director of the theater). In 1939-1949 he was Director of the Tbilisi Theater Institute named after Sh. Rustaveli. He has been in the cinema since 1924.[2]
Awards
[edit]- People's Artist of the USSR (1936)[2]
- Laureate of the USSR State Prizes (1941, 1946, 1951 — for theatrical work; 1943, 1946 — for the main role in the two-part film "Giorgi Saakadze")[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Don Rubin; Peter Nagy; Philippe Rouyer (2001). The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-415-25157-0.
- ^ a b c d e https://www.km.ru/kino/encyclopedia/khorava-akakii-alekseevich