Abbas Mirza Abdulrasul oglu Sharifzadeh (Sharifov) (Azerbaijani: Abbas
MirzÉ™ ŞərifzadÉ™) (22 March 1893, Shamakhi â€" 16 November 1938,
Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor, film director and film editor, and
Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1935).Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
was born into a family of a teacher, who taught at Seyid Azim
Shirvani's Usul-i Jadid school. After the 1902 Shamakhi earthquake,
the family moved to Baku, where Sharifzadeh became a member of a drama
club at his school.In 1908, he started acting in serious plays. But he
had not gained fame until a successful portrayal of Agha Mohammad Khan
Qajar in Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev's play of the same name in 1911.
Not having received any professional training in dramatic arts
Sharifzadeh was remembered for his outstanding performance of primary
roles in stagings of both local and Western pieces.Sharifzadeh first
appeared on screen in the 1916 Russian movie Knyaz Temir-Bulat. In
1924, he played the role of the Khan in the Azerbaijani film Baygush
("Owl"). His other notable role was in the movie Avaz-avaza ("An eye
for an eye") in 1929.
MirzÉ™ ŞərifzadÉ™) (22 March 1893, Shamakhi â€" 16 November 1938,
Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor, film director and film editor, and
Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1935).Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
was born into a family of a teacher, who taught at Seyid Azim
Shirvani's Usul-i Jadid school. After the 1902 Shamakhi earthquake,
the family moved to Baku, where Sharifzadeh became a member of a drama
club at his school.In 1908, he started acting in serious plays. But he
had not gained fame until a successful portrayal of Agha Mohammad Khan
Qajar in Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev's play of the same name in 1911.
Not having received any professional training in dramatic arts
Sharifzadeh was remembered for his outstanding performance of primary
roles in stagings of both local and Western pieces.Sharifzadeh first
appeared on screen in the 1916 Russian movie Knyaz Temir-Bulat. In
1924, he played the role of the Khan in the Azerbaijani film Baygush
("Owl"). His other notable role was in the movie Avaz-avaza ("An eye
for an eye") in 1929.
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