Giorgi Sagaradze

Giorgi Sagaradze
გიორგი საღარაძე
Born(1906-10-25)25 October 1906
Kutaisi, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
Died12 April 1980(1980-04-12) (aged 73)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place
Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi
OccupationActor
Years active1920s–1980
SpouseTamar Tarkhnishvili
ChildrenGuram Sagaradze

Giorgi Ilarionis dze Sagaradze (Georgian: გიორგი საღარაძე; 25 October 1906 – 12 April 1980) was a Georgian stage and film actor. For more than half a century an actor of the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi, he was named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1950 and received the Stalin Prize.[1][2]

Early life and education

Sagaradze was born on 25 October 1906 in Kutaisi.[1] In 1925 he became a student of Tbilisi State University while training at the studio attached to the Rustaveli Theatre under Akaki Pagava, and around the same time he joined the theatre's company.[1]

Career

Sagaradze spent his entire career at the Rustaveli Theatre. The first decade of his work was associated with the director Sandro Akhmeteli, in whose heroic-romantic productions—Anzor, Lamara and The Bandits—he created some of his earliest notable roles.[1] He was also a popular figure in Georgian variety theatre, forming a noted satirical duo with the actor Stepane Japaridze.[1]

Among his many stage roles, his portrayal of Shukri in Ietim Mosashvili's play Sunken Stones brought him the Stalin Prize in 1951.[1] He also appeared in films, including Lost Paradise (1937), The Vow (1946), and the television series Data Tutashkhia (1977).[1]

Awards and honours

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Personal life

Sagaradze was married to the actress Tamar Tarkhnishvili, and their son Guram Sagaradze (1929–2013) was also an actor of the Rustaveli Theatre and a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR.[1] Sagaradze died in Tbilisi on 12 April 1980 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 გიორგი საღარაძე [Giorgi Sagaradze]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Babunashvili, Z.; Nozadze, T. (1994). Mamulishvilta Savane (in Georgian). Tbilisi. p. 321.
  3. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР О присвоении почетных званий работникам искусств Грузинской ССР" (PDF) (in Russian). No. 8. 10 January 1943. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "საქართველოს სსრ ხელოვნების მუშაკთათვისსაპატიო წოდების მინიჭების შესახებ" (PDF). საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკის უმაღლესი საბჭოს უწყებები (in Russian). No. 19. October 1950. p. 15.
  5. ↑ "В Совете Министров Союза ССР О присуждении Сталинских премий за выдающиеся работы в области науки, изобретательства, литературы и искусства за 1950 год" (PDF). Sovetskoe iskusstvo (in Russian). No. 22. 17 March 1951. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями СССР работников искусства и литературы Грузинской ССР" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka (in Russian). No. 92. 19 April 1958. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении работников грузинского государственного драматического театра им. Шота Руставели" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka (in Russian). No. 210. 8 September 1936. p. 1.

Further reading

  • Babunashvili, Z.; Nozadze, T. (1994). Mamulishvilta Savane (in Georgian). Tbilisi. p. 321.
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