Munavvar Samad qizi Kalantarli (Azerbaijani: Münəvvər
KÉ™lÉ™ntÉ™rli) (1912, Lankaran â€" 1962, Baku) was an Azerbaijani
actress and folk singer.Born to a wealthy landowner family descended
from Iranian émigrés, Munavvar "Mina" Kalantarli received her
primary education at Maryam Bayramalibeyova's Uns School for Girls in
Lankaran. Her aunt-in-law and prominent Azerbaijani folk singer, Yavar
Kalantarli, noticed young Mina's talent for singing and encouraged her
to pursue career in music. In the early 1930s, Munavvar Kalantarli
moved to Baku to work at the Azerbaijan State Opera Theatre, where
together with Yavar Kalantarli and Munavvar's brother Hashim, she
performed folk songs. Prior to becoming an actress Munavvar Kalantarli
had not received professional training in acting. Nevertheless, her
artistic personality, natural talent and good sense of humour soon got
the attention of theatre directors, and in the mid-1930s she was
offered a job as an actress at the Azerbaijan Musical Comedy Theatre.
In 1937, she got married and give birth to a daughter. Having had to
choose between her career and her personal life, Kalantarli divorced
her husband when their daughter was still a toddler. Her career in
comedy was a successful one. In 1945, she starred in her first movie -
Arshin Mal Alan (dir. Ismayil Afandiyev) as Auntie Jahan. Overall she
acted in 9 movies between 1945 and 1962. She quit theatre after being
appointed assistant producer at the Vatan cinema in Baku.Munavvar
Kalantarli died in Baku after an unsuccessful surgery on her caecum.
KÉ™lÉ™ntÉ™rli) (1912, Lankaran â€" 1962, Baku) was an Azerbaijani
actress and folk singer.Born to a wealthy landowner family descended
from Iranian émigrés, Munavvar "Mina" Kalantarli received her
primary education at Maryam Bayramalibeyova's Uns School for Girls in
Lankaran. Her aunt-in-law and prominent Azerbaijani folk singer, Yavar
Kalantarli, noticed young Mina's talent for singing and encouraged her
to pursue career in music. In the early 1930s, Munavvar Kalantarli
moved to Baku to work at the Azerbaijan State Opera Theatre, where
together with Yavar Kalantarli and Munavvar's brother Hashim, she
performed folk songs. Prior to becoming an actress Munavvar Kalantarli
had not received professional training in acting. Nevertheless, her
artistic personality, natural talent and good sense of humour soon got
the attention of theatre directors, and in the mid-1930s she was
offered a job as an actress at the Azerbaijan Musical Comedy Theatre.
In 1937, she got married and give birth to a daughter. Having had to
choose between her career and her personal life, Kalantarli divorced
her husband when their daughter was still a toddler. Her career in
comedy was a successful one. In 1945, she starred in her first movie -
Arshin Mal Alan (dir. Ismayil Afandiyev) as Auntie Jahan. Overall she
acted in 9 movies between 1945 and 1962. She quit theatre after being
appointed assistant producer at the Vatan cinema in Baku.Munavvar
Kalantarli died in Baku after an unsuccessful surgery on her caecum.
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