Shamsi Badalbeyli

Acting

23 Feb 1911

† 23 May 1987

Shusha, Azerbaijan

Biography

Shamsi Badal oglu Badalbeyli (Azerbaijani: Şəmsi Bədəlbəyli) was an Azerbaijani theatre director and actor. Shamsi Badalbeyli was born in Shusha. He belongs to a family of Azerbaijani artists, including with his uncle Ahmed Agdamski, older brother Afrasiyab Badalbeyli and son Farhad Badalbeyli. Shamsi Badalbeyli graduated from high school in Baku and enrolled in the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire in 1927, majoring in Theory of Composition. After graduating in 1932 and doing fieldwork in Moscow'...