Vaso Abashidze
Vaso Abashidze
ვასო აბაშიძე | |
|---|---|
USSR | |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Awards | People's Artist of the RSFSR |
Vasil (Vaso) Abashidze (Georgian: ვასო (ვასილ) აბაშიძე; Russian: Васи́лий Абаши́дзе) (4 December 1854 – 9 October 1926) was a Georgian theater actor and a founder of a realistic acting tradition in Georgia.
Career
Born in
Soviet Georgia.[1] Abashidze's name has been given to the Tbilisi Music and Drama State Theatre.[2] He died in Tbilisi and he is buried at the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures
.
Family
In 1879 he married the actress Mako Saparova (1860–1940), later People's Artist of Georgia (1925).[3] Their daughter Anastasia (Taso) Abashidze (1881–1958) was also a theatre actress.
References
- ISBN 0-8108-5792-8
- ^ Tbilisi Vaso Abashidze Music and Drama State Theatre. Accessed on January 3, 2010
- ^ (in Russian) Сапарова-Абашидзе, М..
External links
- Vaso Abashidze at IMDb
- Vaso Abashidze at Find a Grave
- Vaso Abashidze on Georgian National Filmography