Hasanagha Turabov (Azerbaijani: Həsənağa Turabov, Russian: Гасанага Турабов; 24 March 1938, Baku – 23 February 2003, Baku) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet actor, who starred in leading roles in numerous Azerbaijani films, including Yeddi Ogul Isterem, Babek, laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan SSR (1972), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1982) the laureate of the Order, a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.^[1]

Life

Turabov was born on 24 March 1938 in Baku and studied at a secondary school No 31 here. After graduating from high school (Azerbaijan Art Institute) he entered Academy of Acting. Since that time he worked as an actor at the Azerbaijan Drama Theater till the end of his life. In 1987-2001 he worked as director and artistic director of the theater. Hasanagha died in 2003. He was buried in the "Gurd Gate" cemetery.

Carrier

Hasanagha preferred the lyric-psychological style in the scene. Among his roles are Vahid ("The Village Girl"), Azer ("Good Man"), Hamlet ("Hamlet"), Lionel ("The Forest Girl") and Alexander ("Dead") Khayyam ("Khayyam").

The image of Garay in the movie "I want Seven Sons" is one of his most memorable roles. Turabov played the role of "The Last Cross", "The Crocodile Trail", "Heart ... Heart ...", "Joy of Joy", "Anniversary of Dante", "Gem Window", " He was the director of the film "Bloody Land". His last films were Rustam Ibrahimbeyov and Ramiz Hasanoglu's "Family" and Eldar Guliyev's "What a wonderful world!". Hasanagha Turabov was also a professor at the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts.

Awards and honorary titles

• Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR - 1971
• State Prize laureate of the Azerbaijan SSR - 1972

Filmography

See also

List of Azerbaijani actors

List of Azerbaijani film directors

List of Azerbaijani film producers

References

External links

• Hasanagha Turabov at IMDb
• Hasanagha Turabov at cinema.aznet.org
• Hasanagha Turabov (in Russian)