Shalva Gambashidze

Shalva Gambashidze
შალვა ღამბაშიძე
Born(1899-08-01)1 August 1899
Zestaponi, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
Died18 May 1955(1955-05-18) (aged 55)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place
Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi
OccupationsActor, theatre director
Years active1920–1955
SpouseAna Donzhashvili

Shalva Ksenophontes dze Gambashidze (Georgian: შალვა ღამბაშიძე; 1 August 1899 – 18 May 1955) was a Georgian stage and film actor and theatre director. A pupil of Kote Marjanishvili and one of the founders of Soviet Georgian theatre, he was a leading actor of the Marjanishvili Theatre and was named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1939.[1]

Early life and education

Gambashidze was born on 1 August 1899 in Zestaponi.[2] After finishing the Kutaisi Real School in 1917, he trained from 1918 to 1920 at the Jabadari drama studio in Tbilisi.[1][2]

Career

From 1920 Gambashidze was an actor of the theatre in Batumi, and from 1921 he worked at the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi under Kote Marjanishvili.[1][2] From 1928 until his death he was an actor of the Marjanishvili Theatre, also serving as its director and artistic head from 1937 to 1947.[1][2]

Among his stage roles were Esteban in Lope de Vega's Fuenteovejuna, the title role in Shakespeare's Othello, and the Governor in Gogol's The Government Inspector.[1][2] He also appeared in films, including Dariko (1936), Giorgi Saakadze (1942) and Keto and Kote (1948).[2]

Awards and honours

Personal life

Gambashidze was married to the actress Ana Donzhashvili.[2] He died in Tbilisi on 18 May 1955 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Гамбашидзе, Шалва Ксенофонтович" [Gambashidze, Shalva Ksenofontovich]. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 6 (3rd ed.). 1971. p. 238. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 შალვა ღამბაშიძე [Shalva Gambashidze]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР О награждении работников театра имени Марджанишвили в связи с десятилетием театра" (PDF) (in Russian). No. 13. 16 January 1939. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении передовиков промышленности сельского хозяйства, науки и искусства Грузинской ССР" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka (in Russian). 26 February 1941. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями колхозников, колхозниц, работников сельского хозяйства, промышленности, науки, культуры и искусства Грузинской ССР" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka (in Russian). No. 44. 26 February 1946. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями артистов театров Грузинской ССР" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka (in Russian). No. 253. 12 November 1950. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2024.

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