Elguja Burduli | |
Birth Name: | Elguja Vladimirovich Burduli |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1941 |
Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
Occupation: | Actor, singer |
Yearsactive: | 1974–2019 |
Awards: | Nika Awards (1993)[1] |
Spouse: | Inessa Abesadze[2] [3] |
Elguja Vladimirovich Burduli (Georgian: ელგუჯა ვლადიმერის ძე ბურდული; 1 April 1941 — 5 March 2022) was a Soviet and Georgian film actor, singer.
Burduli was born in Tbilisi on 1 April 1941. In 1959 he entered the evening department of the Georgian Technical University and studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering until 1969. He was a lifeguard on the Tbilisi Sea (1958–1969), a member of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet (1961–1964) and a worker at filling station (1964–1984). His acting career started in 1974.
In 2021, Burduli was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi.[4] Burduli died on 5 March 2022, at the age of 80.[5]