Hokuma Abbas gizi Gurbanova (Azerbaijani: Hökümə Abbas qızı
Qurbanova) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress and
People's Artist of the USSR (since 1965).Hokuma Gurbanova was born on
May 29, 1913 in Baku.In 1931, Hokuma Gurbanova graduated from a
pedagogical college of Baku. In 1931-1932, she studied piano at the
Baku Academy of Music. Hokuma Gurbanova's career as an actress began
in 1933, at the Azerbaijanfilm studio, when she played the role of
Yakhshi in one of the earliest Soviet Azerbaijani feature films Almas,
chosen for the role by screenwriter Jafar Jabbarly himself. From 1938,
she performed in a troupe of Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre
in various drama genres. Hokuma Gurbanova was a member of the Union of
Cinematographers’ of the Azerbaijan SSR and member of the Supreme
Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR of the 7th and 8th convocations. She died
on November 2, 1988 in Baku and was buried in the Alley of
Honor.Hokuma Gurbanova was briefly married to actor Alasgar Alakbarov
and gave birth to a daughter, Naila. Gurbanova had another daughter,
Vafa, also an actress, from her second marriage to stage decorator
Nusrat Fatullayev.
Qurbanova) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress and
People's Artist of the USSR (since 1965).Hokuma Gurbanova was born on
May 29, 1913 in Baku.In 1931, Hokuma Gurbanova graduated from a
pedagogical college of Baku. In 1931-1932, she studied piano at the
Baku Academy of Music. Hokuma Gurbanova's career as an actress began
in 1933, at the Azerbaijanfilm studio, when she played the role of
Yakhshi in one of the earliest Soviet Azerbaijani feature films Almas,
chosen for the role by screenwriter Jafar Jabbarly himself. From 1938,
she performed in a troupe of Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre
in various drama genres. Hokuma Gurbanova was a member of the Union of
Cinematographers’ of the Azerbaijan SSR and member of the Supreme
Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR of the 7th and 8th convocations. She died
on November 2, 1988 in Baku and was buried in the Alley of
Honor.Hokuma Gurbanova was briefly married to actor Alasgar Alakbarov
and gave birth to a daughter, Naila. Gurbanova had another daughter,
Vafa, also an actress, from her second marriage to stage decorator
Nusrat Fatullayev.
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