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Leila Abashidze
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Georgian actress, film director, and writer (1929-2018)
Film & TV
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Known for
- Full Circle — Manana Iashvili1986
- Not Every Comet Dies Down1982
- Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi — Tea Shervashidze1980
- Cinema — Episodic role1977
- Tbilisi and Her Citizens1976
- The Right Hand of the Grand Master — Vardisakhari1969
- Waiting — Ketevan1969
- Meeting in Mountains — Lali / Mzevinar1967
- Meeting With The Past — Nino1966
- Law of Mountains — Dzidzia1964
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Key facts
- Born
- Leila Mikhailovna Abashidze , ( 1929-08-01 ) August 1, 1929, Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) (aged 88), Tbilisi , Georgia
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1941–2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leila
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Georgia (country)
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi
- Place of death
- Tbilisi
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University
- Languages spoken
- Georgian
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- date of birth
- 1929-08-01
- name in native language
- ლეილა მიხეილის ასული აბაშიძე
- date of death
- 2018-04-08
- place of burial
- Saburtalo Pantheon
- birth name
- ლეილა აბაშიძე
- cause of death
- stroke
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- Commons category
- Leila Abashidze
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Leila Abashidze (Georgian: ლეილა აბაშიძე; August 1, 1929 – April 8, 2018) was a Georgian actress, director and writer. She was Meritorious Artist of Georgia, People's Artist of Georgia, a recipient of Order of the Red Banner of Labour, as well as of awards of European and Asian film festivals, and has her own honorary star in front of Rustaveli cinema on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia. During her career she was widely considered as the "Mary Pickford of the USSR". She is one of the most popular Georgian and Soviet actresses.
Biography
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