Lika Kavzharadze ( ka, ლიკა ქავჟარაძე, 26 October 1959 – 11 October 2017) was a
Georgian
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film actress best known for her role in
Tengiz Abuladze
Tengiz Abuladze ( ka, თენგიზ აბულაძე; 31 January 1924 – 6 March 1994) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter, theatre teacher and People's Artist of the USSR. He is regarded as one of the best Soviet directors.
...
's 1976 drama film
''The Wishing Tree''.
Born in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
, Kavzharadze was trained as a pianist at the
Tbilisi State Conservatoire
Tbilisi State Conservatoire ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო კონსერვატორია, ''Tbilisis Saxelmc̣ipo Ḳonservaṭoria'') is the State Conservatoire of Georgia, located in the capital Tbilisi. ...
, from which she graduated in 1973. In 1972, she was invited by the
Kartuli Pilmi
Georgian Film Studio ( ka, ქართული ფილმი, ''kartuli pilmi''; russian: Грузия-фильм; ''Gruziya-Fil'm'') is one of world's oldest film studios that has produced 800 features, made-for-TV and short films, 600 documen ...
studio and starred in several films, most notably as Marita in the award-winning ''The Wishing Tree'' directed by Tengiz Abuladze in 1976.
She was found dead, at age 57, at her own apartment in Tbilisi on 11 October 2017. Police officials said they were looking into possible suicide.
Selected filmography
* ''Rotsa akvavda nushi'' (1972)
* ''Shadrevani '' (TV Short, 1972)
* ''Mshvenieri kostiumi'' (1973)
* ''Kavkasiuri romansi'' (1975)
* ''
The Wishing Tree'' (1976)
* ''Pepela'' (1977)
* ''Satadarigo borbali'' (1977)
* ''Iveria, da sikvaruli'' (1978)
* ''Dyuma na Kavkaze'' (1980)
* ''Shekhvedramde, megobaro...''(1980)
* ''Dmitry II'' (1982)
* ''
Blue Mountains'' (1983)
* ''Ojakhi'' (1985)
* ''Argonavtebi'' (1986)
* ''Dakarguli saganzuris sadzebnelad'' (1987)
* ''Chidaobas ra unda'' (1988)
* ''Tskhovreba Don Kikhotisa da Sancho Panchosi'' (1988)
* ''Shemsrulebeli 977'' (1989)
* ''Spirali'' (1990)
* ''
The Sun of the Sleepless
''The Sun of the Sleepless'' ( ka, უძინართა მზე ''Udzinarta mze'', "Sleeping sun") is a 1992 Georgian drama film directed by Temur Babluani. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the S ...
'' (1992)
* ''Oqros oboba'' (1992)
* ''Mkholod ertkhel'' (1994)
* ''Chakluli suli'' (1994)
* ''Die kaukasische Nacht'' (1998)
* ''Abandoned Don Juan'' (TV Short, 2000)
* ''27 Dragons'' (TV Series, 2009)
* ''Medusa Gorgonas'' (2012)
* ''Muses of the Artist'' (2014)
References
External links
*
Lika Kavzharadzeon Georgian National Filmography
1959 births
2017 deaths
Actresses from Tbilisi
Film actresses from Georgia (country)
20th-century actresses from Georgia (country)
21st-century actresses from Georgia (country)
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