Leyla Badirbeyli

Leyla Bədirbəyli
Born	(1920-01-08)January 8, 1920 Baku, Azerbaijan
Died	November 23, 1999(1999-11-23) (aged 79) Baku, Azerbaijan

Leyla Aghalar gizi Badirbeyli and Leyla Badirbeyova – (after marriage – Javanshirova; Azerbaijani: Leyla Ağalar qızı Bədirbəyli (Cavanşirova); (1920–1999), Soviet and Azerbaijani actress of theatre and cinema, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959), laureate of the State Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946), member of the CPSU from 1945. She is buried in the Alley of Honor.

Biography

Leyla Javanshirova was born on January 8, 1920, in Baku, in the family of Aghalar Badirbeyov, from the generation of Shamkir beys. In 1936, she became the soloist of the Song and Dance Ensemble of Azerbaijan, where she worked up until 1942. In 1942, on guidance of the Azerbaijan State Drama Theatre, named after Meshadi Azizbeyov’s invitation, she began to perform on the stage of this theatre. Later she narrated:

“Theatre is related to me with the names of such coryphaeus as Mehdi Mammadov, Adil Isgenderov, Aliheydar Alakbarov. My activity in cinema and theatre was in wartime, but in spite of that, these years were very productive in the world of arts and also for me…”

In 1945, Bedirbeyli played Gulchohra’s part from “Arshin mal alan” musical comedy. Henceforth she played memorable roles in such films as “Fatali khan”, “Meeting”, “Shadows are crawling”, “Her great heart”, “Koroghlu”, “Indomitable Kura”, “Sevil”, “Boys of our street”, “One fine day”, “Dervish is blowing up Paris” etc. In 1951, Leyla Badirbeyli graduated from Azerbaijan State Theatrical Institute named after M.A.Aliyev.

The actress died on November 23, 1999.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1937	Wild crowd
1941	Sabukhi	Tubu khanim
1942	Souvenir
1945	Arshin Mal Alan	Gulchohra
1947	Fatali khan	Tuti-bike
1955	Meeting	Bilgeyis
1958	Her great heart	Khalida
1958	Shadows are crawling	Leyla
1960	Koroghlu	Nigar
1969	Indomitable Kura	Zarnigar
1970	Waiting
1970	Sevil	Tafta
1972	Cherry tree
1973	Boys of our street
1974	In the tracks of Charvadars
1975	Light of slaked fires
1976	Dervish is blowing up Paris	Shakhrabanu khanim
1977	One fine day	Mother
1977	I am going to volcano	Gulsum
1978	I am composing a song	Nadir’s mother
1983	Asif, Vasif, Agasif
1987	Men’s word
1988	Man for a young woman
1990	Trap
1991	Gazalkhan
1992	I’ll burn in the fire of cleansing
1993	Hello from the other world

Awards

• State Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946) – for playing Gulchohra’s role in the film “Arshin mal alan”.
• State Premium of the Azerbaijan SSR, named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1972)
• People’s Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959)

See also

• List of People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR