Rza Afganli Explained

Rza Afganli
Native Name:Azerbaijani

Rza Rüstəm oğlu Cəfərzadə

Birth Name:Rza Jafarzade
Birth Date:15 May 1899
Birth Place:Sarab, Qajar Iran
Death Place:Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Spouse:Badura Afganli (wife)

Rza Rustam oglu Afganli (real surname Jafarzade; 1899–1973) was a Soviet Azerbaijani actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943) and Laureate of the Stalin Prize (1948).

Life

Rza Jafarzade was born on May 15, 1899, in the village of Ogan, near Sarab in northwestern Qajar Iran. He began his stage career in the Baku Mobile Workers' Theater. From 1923, he was an actor at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre named after Mashadi Azizbeyov. In the years 1923–1926, he studied at the Baku Theater Technical School. Rza Afganli passed away on November 9, 1973, in Baku.[1]

Activity

List:[2] [3] Roles in the theater

Filmography

Awards

List:

Family

He established a family life twice. His daughter Khumar Zulfugarova (1927-2017), became a dancer, choreographer, and People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979). In the second time, Rza was married to actress Badura Afganli (People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974), and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1949)). Their daughter Ophelia (1939–2010), who also became an actress, was married to actor Sayavush Aslan.[4]

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Əfqanlı, Rza, 1899-1973 . 2013 . aleph.nkp.cz . 3 December 2023 .
  2. Web site: Qapılarda nökərçilik etdi, həbsə düşdü, qızına görə Siyavuş Aslanı döymək istədi – Məşhur aktyorun həyatından maraqlı faktlar . 15 May 2021 . kulis.az . 3 December 2023 .
  3. Web site: Əfqanlı Rza Rüstəm oğlu (Cəfərzadə) . 2011 . photoirs.musigi-dunya.az . 3 December 2023 .
  4. Web site: 29 January 2019 . "Аршин мал алан" стал данью памяти на юбилей Офелии Аслан . https://web.archive.org/web/20211230143251/https://www.trend.az/life/culture/3010949.html . 30 December 2021 . 4 May 2023.