Maria Tenazi
Armenian actress (1903–1930)
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Maria Tenazi | |
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Մարիա Թադևոսյան | |
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| Born | Mariya Aleksandrovna Tadevosyan May 1, 1903 Baku, Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan) |
| Died | May 1, 1930 Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Georgia) |
| Other names | Maria Tadevosyan, Maria Alexander Tadjosyan, Mariya Tadevosyan |
| Education | N. Petrashevskaya Trade School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1924–1930 |
Maria Tenazi (née Mariya Aleksandrovna Tadevosyan; 1903–1930) (Armenian: Մարիա Թադևոսյան; Russian: Мария Александровна Тадевосян) was a Soviet Armenian silent film actress.[1] She was the star of film Zare (1926), the first Armenian film dedicated to Kurdish culture.[2]
Biography
Mariya Aleksandrovna Tadevosyan was born on May 1, 1903, in Baku, Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan).[1] She attended the N. Petrashevskaya Trade School in Tbilisi, where she studied painting.[1][3]
Russian film director Vladimir Barsky was traveling and looking for scenic landscapes for Iron Hard Labor, a film about the fight of Georgian laborers for their rights before Russian Revolution in 1917.[1] He was traveling between the small town of Alaverdi and Tbilisi, and on his journey he noticed Tenazi working at a copper foundry.[1] In 1924, director Barsky hired her to act in Iron Hard Labor,[1] her first film, which starred Mikheil Chiaureli and Akaki Khorava.
In 1925, Tenazi was given the starring role in the Barsky film The Secret of the Lighthouse. Her final film was Shelter of Clouds, she became sick while filming.[1] She died of tuberculosis on her birthday, May 1, 1930, in Kobuleti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Georgia), at the age of 27.[1]
Filmography
- 1924 – Iron Hard Labor (Russian: Железная каторга)[1]
- 1924 – The Railway[3]
- 1925 – The Secret of the Lighthouse (Russian: Тайна маяка), as Aishe, the daughter
- 1926 – Zare (Armenian: Զարե)[2][4]
- 1926 – The Ninth Wave
- 1927 – In the Quagmire (Russian: В трясине, romanized: Gaplangva) as Marusya[5]
- 1927 – Shelter of Clouds (Russian: Навстречу жизни)[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "ТАТЕВОСЯН МАРИЯ АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА". kino-teatr.ru (in Russian).
- ^ a b Bakhchinyan, Artsvi (2015-03-01). "Zaré and Kurds-Yezids. The representation of the Kurds in two Soviet Armenian films". Cinergie – Il Cinema e le Altre Arti (7): 105–111. doi:10.6092/issn.2280-9481/6978. ISSN 2280-9481.
- ^ a b c "Մարիա Թենազի". AV Production (in Armenian). Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ Arslan, Müjde (2009). Kürt sineması: yurtsuzluk, ölüm ve sınır (in Turkish). Agora Kitaplığı. p. 327. ISBN 978-605-103-040-1.
- ^ Rollberg, Peter (2008). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Pres. p. 527. ISBN 9780810862685.
External links
- Maria Tenazi at IMDb
