Nana Mchedlidze ( ka, ნანა მჭედლიძე, russian: Нана Мчедлидзе; 20 March 1926 – 29 March 2016) was a
Soviet
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and
Georgian
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* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
actress
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,
film director
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and
screenwriter
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...
.
Нана Мчелидзе. Вестник Кавказа
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From 1950 to 1954 she was an actress with the Tbilisi Rustaveli Theatre
Rustaveli National Theatre ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის აკადემიური თეატრი ) is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on ...
. After 1957 she was the director of the film studio
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'' Georgia-Film''.
She became a People's Artist
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of the Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
in 1983.[Биография]
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References
External links
*
Nana Mchedlidze
on Georgian National Filmography
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Nana Mchedlidze
on mediateka.km.ru
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1926 births
2016 deaths
People from Khoni
Soviet women film directors
Women film directors from Georgia (country)
Film directors from Georgia (country)
Soviet screenwriters
Screenwriters from Georgia (country)
20th-century actresses from Georgia (country)
21st-century actresses from Georgia (country)
Soviet actresses
People's Artists of Georgia