Maria Tenazi (

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Mariya Aleksandrovna Tadevosyan; 1903–1930) (; ) was a

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silent film actress. She was the star of film ''Zare'' (1926), the first Armenian film dedicated to

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culture.

Biography

Mariya Aleksandrovna Tadevosyan was born on May 1, 1903 in

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(now Azerbaijan). She attended the N. Petrashevskaya Trade School in

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, where she studied painting. 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

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in 1917. He was traveling between the small town of Alaverdi and Tbilisi, and on his journey he noticed Tenazi working at a copper foundry. In 1924, director Barsky hired her to act in ''Iron Hard Labor'', her first film, which starred

Mikheil Chiaureli Mikheil Chiaureli ( ka, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 ...

and

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. 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. She died of

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on her birthday, May 1, 1930 in

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(now

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), at the age of 27.

Filmography

* 1924 – ''Iron Hard Labor'' () * 1924 – ''The Railway'' * 1925 – ''The Secret of the Lighthouse'' (), as Aishe, the daughter * 1926 – ''Zare'' ( hy, Զարե) * 1926 – ''The Ninth Wave'' * 1927 – '' In the Quagmire'' () as Marusya * 1927 – ''Shelter of Clouds'' ()

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tenazi, Maria 1903 births 1930 deaths Armenian actresses Armenian silent film actresses People from Baku Tuberculosis deaths in Georgia (country) Soviet film actresses Soviet silent film actresses 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis