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Nasiba Zeynalova

Nasiba Zeynalova

Acting
20 Apr 1916
10 Mar 2004
Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]

Biography

Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918 committed by Bolshevik military units in Baku. Her father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea. While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatr...

Also Known As

Насиба Зейналова, Nəsibə Cahangir qızı Zeynalova

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