Elisabed Cherqezishvili

Acting

14 Nov 1863

† 17 Oct 1948

Biography

Elisabed Cherkezishvlili (1864–1948) was a Georgian theater and screen actress. Cherkezishvili entered the Tbilisi theatre troupe in 1886. Among her most popular roles were Khanuma in Khanuma, Elizabeth in First they Died, then They Wed, Tasia in Fate, the Betrayer, Isakhari in Betrayal, Ana Andreevna in "The Government Inspector", and Maia in "The Little Kakhetian". After the Bolshevik takeover of Georgia, Cherkezishvili worked at the Rustaveli Theatre (1921–24), the Kutaisi Theatre (1924–25),...