1975Nominee
Best Performance
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Vasili Chkhaidze
Actor
Atsana, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Georgia]
January 2, 1905
Biography
Vasily Chkhaidze was born in the village of Atsana, Ozurgeti district, Kutaisi province, Russian Empire. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1979). Graduated from the German department of the philological faculty of Tbilisi State University (1936). In 1927-1934 he was an actor at the Batumi Theater, then at the Georgian State Theater, in 1937-1956 he was a teacher of Russian and German at school, in 1956-1962 he was an actor at the Poti Drama Theater named after V. Gunia, since 1967 - at the film studio "Gruzia-Film" (first major role - Pipinia in the film "Extraordinary Exhibition").
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1977Winner
Best Performance
Mimino
1983Nominee
Best Performance
Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable Story
Career Highlights
1974Highlight
Best Performance
The Eccentrics
1976Highlight
Best Performance
Tbilisi and Her Citizens
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Mimino
An Unusual Exhibition