Dodo Chichinadze

Dodo Chichinadze (Georgian დოდო ჭიჭინაძე; born December 28, 1924 in Kutaisi, † November 3, 2009 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian film and theater actress.

Life

1944/1945 she finished drama school in Tbilisi ( Georgian film Artists Studio ) and joined in 1949 the theater company named " Mardzhanishvili " in Tiflisser theater at. Over 10 years she was the lead actress in the drama Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi. As early as 1960 was Dodo Chichinadze " Honoured Art Worker of Georgia ", and in 1976 she was honoring " People's Artist of Georgia " award. On 2 October 2009, they honored the Georgian state with a star in front of the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi.

In addition to her theater career Dodo Chichinadze also became known through films. Her first movie role - had 1945 as Ketevan ( Qetevan ) in the film " David Guramishvili " by Nikoloz Sanishvili and Joseb Tumanishvili.

This was followed by Soviet and Georgian films in which Dodo Chichinadze the audience and critics rave by their warmth and charm, as well as their excellent acting skills at home and abroad. Your charisma and her convincing human portrayal of the characters meant that it was referred to in the western film critic circles more often than " the Sophia Loren of the East." It was believed that without the "iron curtain " and Regelementierungen the Cold War Dodo Chichinadze would have been mentioned in one breath with Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. The fact that many Soviet films the way the rest of Europe not found and also the theater trips were very limited at this time, remained Dodo Chichinadze for most Western viewers unknown while. In the eastern countries, especially in the Soviet Union, was popular

Filmography (selection)

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