Nutsa Chkheidze

Nina "Nutsa" Platonovna Chkheidze (Georgian: ინო (ნუცა) პლატონის ასული ჩხეიძე; Russian: Нина "Нуца" Платоновна Чхеидзе; 30 September, 1881 – 14 August, 1963) was a Georgian-born Soviet actress.[1]

Nutsa Chkheidze
Born(1881-09-30)September 30, 1881
DiedAugust 14, 1963(1963-08-14) (aged 81)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
NationalityGeorgian
Occupationactress

She was born in Kutaisi. Her mother and sisters were both actresses. She was the pupil of Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili. Chkheidze was the first tragic actress in Georgia at just 13 years old when she first came out on stage. In 1894, she took on the role of a little girl called Emma in a performance of "Offender's Family" staged in Kutaisi Theatre and directed by Kote Meskhi.

In 1925, she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. She died in Tbilisi and was buried in the Didube Pantheon.[1]

References

  1. "Нуца (Нина) Чхеидзе" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 5 June 2017.


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