Marziyya Davudova

Marziyya Yusuf qizi Davudova, also spelled Marziya Davudova, (Azerbaijani: Mərziyyə Davudova; Russian: Марзия Юсуф кызы Даву́дова; 8 December 1901 – 6 January 1962) was a Russian-born Soviet Azerbaijan actress who starred in theatre and silent film.[1] She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR (1949).[2][3]

Marziyya Davudova
Marziyya Davudova

Early life and career
Plaque on building where Azerbaijani actress Marziyya Davudova lived in Baku

Marziyya Davudova was born on 8 December 1901 in Astrakhan, Russian Empire (now Russia),[4] into a family of Astrakhan Tatar origins.[5] She graduated from the Jamiyyat-i Kheyriyya Islamiyya school. In 1917, she debuted as an actress at the local Astrakhan Tatar Drama Theatre.[2]

In 1918, her talent was noticed by Azerbaijani actor Huseyn Arablinski who was visiting Astrakhan at the time. After the play and a short interview, Arablinski invited Davudova to pursue an acting career in Baku.[6] In 1920, she settled in Baku, Azerbaijan and joined the Arablinski theatre troupe, acting at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre.[2]

Many of her early roles portrayed the government-propagated heroic and independent image of the new-era Soviet woman, as seen in Sevil by Jafar Jabbarly, Hayat by Mirza Ibrahimov, Lyubov Yarovaya by Konstantin Trenyov, etc.[7]

Later life and death

Throughout her career, she also starred in films such as Bakhtiyar, Haji Gara, Bir aila, Bakinin ishiglari, Bir mahallali iki oghlan, Koroghlu, Asl dost, etc.[8] Her last role was that of the Mother in a theatre play based on Alexis Parnis's Aphrodite's Island in 1961.

She was awarded the following awards the Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1933); the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1936); the People's Artist of the USSR (1949); and Stalin Prize (or USSR State Prize) of the second degree (1948) for her role in the play "Morning of the East" by E. G. Mammadkhanli.[2]

Davudova died on 6 January 1962 in Baku, aged 60, after a long struggle with cancer.[4]

Personal life

Marziyya Davudova was the partner of actor and director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh,[9] who was executed by a Soviet Union firing squad for his political activities and connections. She was the mother of actress Firangiz Sharifova, and great-grandmother of Eurovision Song Contest 2011 winner Eldar Gasimov.[9][5]

See also

References
  1. Prokhorov, A. M., ed. (1969). Больша́я сове́тская энциклопе́дия (The Great Russian Encyclopedia) (in Russian).
  2. "Марзия Давудова" [DAVUDOVA MARZIYA YUSUF KYZY]. Кино-Театр.Ру. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  3. "Давудова Марзия Юсуф кызы". kino-cccp.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  4. "Hər iki həyat yoldaşı güllələndi, ona görə qadınlar çadrasını atdı, ömrünün sonunadək qorxu ilə yaşadı..." [Both spouses were shot, so women threw away their veils and lived in fear until the end of their lives...]. Kulis.az (in Azerbaijani). January 6, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  5. "Победитель «Евровидения» Эльдар Касумов споет на языке своей бабушки" [Eurovision winner Eldar Kasumov will sing in the language of his grandmother]. AZE.az. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  6. (in Azerbaijani) The World is a Window Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine by Kifayat Rzaqizi. Customs News, 25 April 2003; retrieved 10 January 2007.
  7. Veta Nadirova, The Pearl of the Azerbaijani Scene Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, nashvek.media-az.com, 15 June 2006; retrieved 10 January 2007.(in Russian)
  8. Flora Khalilzadeh, Heroes of the Field of Art Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Azerbaijan News; retrieved 10 January 2007.(in Azerbaijani)
  9. "У народной артистки Азербайджана Франгиз Шарифзаде день рождения". 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
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