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Barat Shakinskaya

Barat Shakinskaya was born in Shusha into a bey family. Her mother Aghja (née Hajiyeva) was the niece of Azerbaijani writer and dramatist Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev. Her father hailed from the khans of Karabakh on his mother's side and from the khans of Shaki on his father's side. The name Barat means 'God-given', a name chosen by her grandmother Govhar, as Barat was the first surviving child in the family following three her still-born siblings. Later Habib and Aghja Shakinskis became parents to two more children, Suleyman and Sariyya. Barat got primary education in Shusha. After the Eleventh Red Army annexed Azerbaijan in 1920, her father fled to Iran as a political immigrant, while her mother and the children relocated to Ganja and maintained contact with Habib Shakinski until 1928, when the Soviet-Iranian border closed and they were compelled to cease contact with him. Shakinskaya participated in the female drama club of Ganja at the age of 13. In 1935, she began to play at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. Barat Shakinskaya became the first Azerbaijani actress to play male roles. The part of Kostya played by her at the Ganja Theatre and also Napoleon's part played in Baku, in 1934 were particularly noteworthy. The actress played children's roles too. Her last children's role of Nazli, a pupil of the seventh grade from Mammadhuseyn Tahmasib's play Blossoming Dreams, she played while she was at the age of 37 herself. In 1935, Barat Shakinskaya began to participate at radio programs on the initiative of Mustafa Mardanov, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. In 1949, she was conferred a title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Shakinskaya was married to director Mehdi Mammadov.


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Born:
Jun 28, 1914 In Shusha, Azerbaijan
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie The Meeting 1955-12-25
Latest Project:
Movie His Troubled Love 1980-02-29
Known For
Poster of His Troubled Love
Poster of Under the Burning Sun
Poster of If Not This, Then That
Poster of The Meeting
Filmography
Movie His Troubled Love Grandmother 1980-02-29
Movie The Man of the House Rovshan's Mother 1978-05-30
Movie The Telephone Operator Surayya 1962-07-18
Movie Wonderful Event Tukazban 1960-01-01
Movie The Shadows are Crawling Secretary 1958-09-26
Movie Under the Burning Sun Sardarov's Wife 1957-12-29
Movie If Not This, Then That Sanam 1956-12-30
Movie The Meeting Shovkat 1955-12-25