Hokuma Gurbanova

Acting

11 Jun 1913

† 02 Nov 1988

Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Biography

Hokuma Abbas gizi Gurbanova (Azerbaijani: Hökümə Abbas qızı Qurbanova) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress and People's Artist of the USSR (since 1965). Hokuma Gurbanova was born on May 29, 1913 in Baku. In 1931, Hokuma Gurbanova graduated from a pedagogical college of Baku. In 1931-1932, she studied piano at the Baku Academy of Music. Hokuma Gurbanova's career as an actress began in 1933, at the Azerbaijanfilm studio, when she played the role of Yakhshi in one of the earliest...