Leila Abashidze(1929-2018)
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Leyla Abashidze is a Soviet and Georgian actress, director, screenwriter, singer. People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. In 1941, director Konstantine Pipinashvili selected her for one of the main roles in the film Qajana (1941). Pipinashvili recalled that her sister brought Leyla to the audition. Among the smartly dressed children who came to the casting, Leyla stood out with her old faded dress, homemade haircut and worn-out shoes. At the auditions, a scene was played out when Kato, shocked by her brother's muteness, for which she herself was to blame, sobs violently and asks God to give him back his voice. Leyla played this episode with such life-like truth, such everyday nuances that for several moments silence reigned in the pavilion. So Leyla was cast in the main role.
In 1951 she graduated from the acting department of the Tbilisi Theater Institute named after Shota Rustaveli (course of Dodo Aleksidze).
She became widely known and popular after her brilliant performance of character roles in the comedies The Dragonfly (1954) and The Scrapper (1956). She starred in both comedic and dramatic roles.
In 1981, as a director, based on her own script (together with Levan Chelidze), she directed the comedy Tbilisi, Parizi, Tbilisi (1980), playing the main role of Ten Shervashidze.
In 1951 she graduated from the acting department of the Tbilisi Theater Institute named after Shota Rustaveli (course of Dodo Aleksidze).
She became widely known and popular after her brilliant performance of character roles in the comedies The Dragonfly (1954) and The Scrapper (1956). She starred in both comedic and dramatic roles.
In 1981, as a director, based on her own script (together with Levan Chelidze), she directed the comedy Tbilisi, Parizi, Tbilisi (1980), playing the main role of Ten Shervashidze.
