Giorgi Shavgulidze
Giorgi Shavgulidze | |
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გიორგი შავგულიძე | |
 Giorgi Shavgulidze | |
| Born | 16 November 1910 Kutaisi, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 13 April 1959 (aged 48) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1928–1959 |
| Spouse | Liziko Vachnadze |
Giorgi Vladimeris dze Shavgulidze (Georgian: გიორგი შავგულიძე; 16 November 1910 – 13 April 1959) was a Georgian stage and film actor. A leading actor of the Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi, he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1952 and named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1955.[1][2]
Career
Shavgulidze was born on 16 November 1910 in Kutaisi.[1] He began acting in 1928 in the Kutaisi–Batumi theatre company led by Kote Marjanishvili, and moved with the troupe to Tbilisi, where it became the Marjanishvili Theatre.[1] Equally at home in dramatic and comic roles, he played Nikifor in Ioseb Mosashvili's His Star — the role for which he received the Stalin Prize — and the postmaster Shpekin in Gogol's The Government Inspector.[1]
From 1938 he also acted in films, appearing in Giorgi Saakadze (1943), the title role of Davit Guramishvili (1946), and Keto and Kote (1948), among others.[1]
Awards and honours
- Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1952)
- People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1955)[3]
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the Badge of Honour
Personal life
Shavgulidze was married to the actress Liziko Vachnadze, an Honoured Artist of the Georgian SSR.[1] He died in Tbilisi on 13 April 1959 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 გიორგი შავგულიძე [Giorgi Shavgulidze]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Shavgulidze, Giorgi" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 10. Tbilisi. 1986. pp. 669–670.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "საქართველოს სსრ ხელოვნების მუშაკთათვისსაპატიო წოდების მინიჭების შესახებ" (PDF). საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკის უმაღლესი საბჭოს უწყებები. No. 19. October 1950. p. 15.
Further reading
- "Shavgulidze, Giorgi" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 10. Tbilisi. 1986. pp. 669–670.
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