Gogi Gegechkori
Gogi Gegechkori | |
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გოგი გეგეჭკორი | |
 Gogi Gegechkori | |
| Born | Giorgi Gegechkori 23 February 1923 Tbilisi, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 11 March 2003 (aged 80) Tbilisi, Georgia |
Resting place | Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944–2003 |
| Spouse | Natela Urushadze |
Giorgi "Gogi" Vladimeris dze Gegechkori (Georgian: გოგი გეგეჭკორი; 23 February 1923 – 11 March 2003) was a Georgian stage and film actor. A leading actor of the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi for nearly six decades, he was named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1966.[1][2]
Early life and education
Gegechkori was born on 23 February 1923 in Tbilisi, the son of the poet Vladimer Gegechkori and the teacher Tamar Gelovani.[1] In 1944 he graduated from the acting faculty of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute.[1]
Career
From 1944 Gegechkori was an actor of the Rustaveli Theatre, where he performed some 120 roles over his career.[1] His breakthrough was the title role of the poet Nikoloz Baratashvili in Mikheil Mrevlishvili's play A Poet's Fate.[1] His many other stage roles included Hamlet, Iago in Othello, and Tigran Guloyan in Nodar Dumbadze's The Indictment.[1]
He made his film debut in 1954 and appeared in some thirty films.[1] Among his best-known screen roles were Sandro Karidze in the television series Data Tutashkhia (1978) and Chachika in Tengiz Abuladze's The Wishing Tree (1976).[1]
Awards and honours
- Honoured Artist of the Georgian SSR (1955)
- People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1966)[3]
- Order of Lenin (1986)
- State Prize of Georgia (1997)
- Order of Honour (1998)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1958, 1966)
Personal life
Gegechkori was married to the actress Natela Urushadze; the couple had two children, Manana and Giorgi.[1] He died in Tbilisi on 11 March 2003 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 გოგი გეგეჭკორი [Gogi Gegechkori]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Gegechkori, Gogi" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 3. Tbilisi. 1978. p. 30.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР О присвоении почетных званий Грузинской ССР" (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Gruzinskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. No. 2. February 1966. p. 72.
Further reading
- "Gegechkori, Gogi" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 3. Tbilisi. 1978. p. 30.
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