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Akakiy Vasadze
Акакий Васадзе
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6 August 1899 - 3 April 1978
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August 6, 1899, Kutaisi – April 3, 1978 Georgian actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1936), laureate of Stalin Prizes (1942, 1946, 1951), laureate of the State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Sh. Rustaveli (1975, for theatrical work). He studied at the History Department of Tbilisi University (1918), at the Tbilisi Drama Studio of G. Jabadari (1918-1920). From 1920 he was an actor of the Tbilisi Rustaveli Theatre, from 1926 he was the director of this theater, from 1955
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August 6, 1899, Kutaisi – April 3, 1978
Georgian actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1936), laureate of Stalin Prizes (1942, 1946, 1951), laureate of the State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Sh. Rustaveli (1975, for theatrical work).
He studied at the History Department of Tbilisi University (1918), at the Tbilisi Drama Studio of G. Jabadari (1918-1920). From 1920 he was an actor of the Tbilisi Rustaveli Theatre, from 1926 he was the director of this theater, from 1955 he was the chief director. Since 1958 - artistic director of the Kutaisi Theatre named after V. S. Meskhishvili, since 1959 - actor of the Rustav Theatre. In movies since 1923. Educator, professor of the Tbilisi Theatre Institute named after Sh. Rustaveli (since 1924).