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Nasiba Zeynalova
Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]
Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled…
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Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918 committed by Bolshevik military units in Baku. Her father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea. While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. She earned a degree at the Baku School of Theatre. In the following years Nasiba Zeynalova acted in 22 films and around 70 plays, as well as in numerous television sketches. She is most remembered for the roles of Fatmanisa in Stepmother, (1958), Sughra in Our Teacher Jabish (1969), Jannat in Mother in Law (1978) and Nasiba in The Kidnapping of Fiance (1985). She was famous mostly for her comedy roles. In 1967, she was named People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
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2003
Neighborhood
Movie Grandmother
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2003
Execution is Postponed
Movie Khanbaji
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2001
The Dream
Movie Masma
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1999
"Qayınana" əməliyyatı
Movie Qayınana
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1988
Unusual Meetings
Movie özü / Cənnət xala / Qəmər xanım / Qızbacı / Xeyransa arvad / Məryəm / satıcı / Cəhrə qarı
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1987
Magic Lantern
Movie Mother (voice)
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1986
The Window of Sadness
Movie Sakina
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1985
The Kidnapping of Groom
Movie Nasiba
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1984
Taste
Movie
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1983
Hijran
Movie Gizbaji
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1981
In Front of a Closed Door
Movie Zeynab
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1981
Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You
Movie Mardan's Mother
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1980
The Name Is Yours, The Taste Is Mine
Movie Gamza
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1978
The Mother in Law
Movie Jannat
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1978
I Compose a Song
Movie Grandmother
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1977
The Price of Happiness
Movie Kishvar
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1974
Aktrisanın təbəssümü
Movie Nasiba Zeynalova
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1974
The 1001st Tour
Movie Sharabani
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1973
The Boys of Our Yard
Movie Sariyya
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1970
Find That Girl
Movie Meyransa
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1969
Our Teacher Jabish
Movie Sughra
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1969
The Tempestuous Kura
Movie Villager
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1968
In the Name of the Law
Movie Shahla Khanum
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1964
Ulduz
Movie Zuleykha
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1962
The Great Support
Movie Telli
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1960
Molla's Adventure
Movie Gulsum
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1958
Stepmother
Movie Fatmanisa
