Shamsi Badalbeyli
Shamsi Badal oghlu Badalbeyli (23 February 1911 in Shusha – 23 May 1987 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani theatre director and actor.
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Shamsi Badalbeyli

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- Name
- Shamsi Badalbeyli
- Born
- 23 February 1911
- Birthplace
- Shusha
- Died
- 23 May 1987
- Place of death
- Baku
- Education
- Azerbaijan State Conservatoire
- Occupation
- Theater director
- Nationality
- Soviet Union, Russian Empire and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
- Teachers
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov.
- Honours
- Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR and Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
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Shamsi Badal oghlu Badalbeyli (23 February 1911 in Shusha – 23 May 1987 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani theatre director and actor.
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Shamsi Badalbeyli (1911–1987) was an actor, film director and theatre director and a national of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Russian Empire. Born in Shusha, the actor died in Baku. Shamsi Badalbeyli studied at Baku Academy of Music. The actor received Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the October Revolution, among others.
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Shamsi Badalbeyli studied at Baku Academy of Music. Training under Uzeyir Hajibeyov is recorded. Distinctions recorded are Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR and Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
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• Name — Shamsi Badalbeyli • Born — 23 February 1911 • Birthplace — Shusha • Died — 23 May 1987 • Place of death — Baku • Education — Azerbaijan State Conservatoire • Occupation — Theater director
Life and career
Life and career
Shamsi Badalbeyli was born in Shusha to Badal Badalbeyli, a music teacher, and his wife Rahima. He belongs to a family of Azerbaijani artists, including 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. He studied under Uzeyir bey Hajibeyov. After graduating in 1932 and doing fieldwork in Moscow's Maly Theatre, he directed Monsieur Jordan and Mastali the Dervish by Mirza Fatali Akhundov at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. He continued to work there until 1942. Shamsi Badalbeyli directed his first play (Olular by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh) in the early 1940s. Throughout his life he directed 35 pieces. He starred in a number of films, namely Akhirinji ashirim ("The Final Pass"), O Gizi Tapin ("Find That Girl"), and Omrun sahifalari ("Pages of Life"). In 1943–1949, 1956–1961 and 1963–1974, Shamsi Badalbeyli served as a producer of the Azerbaijan Musical Comedy Theatre. In 1974–1976, he fulfilled similar duties at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Society. In 1976, he was elected head of the Azerbaijani Theatre Association. Shamsi Badalbeyli died on May 23, 1986, and was buried in the second Alley of Honor. By his wife Leyla Safaraliyeva (1916–2000), he is the father of composer Farhad Badalbeyli.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Shamsi Badal bey oghlu Badalbeyli and Shamsi Badal oghlu Badalbeyli. His recorded confession was Islam. He was the child of Badal bey Badalbeyli. He married Barat Shakinskaya. One child is recorded: Farhad Badalbeyli.
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Shamsi Badalbeyli born at Shusha.
1987
Shamsi Badalbeyli died at Baku.
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