Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

Abbas Mirza Mirza Abdulrasul oghlu Sharifzadeh (; 22 March 1893 in Shamakhi – 16 November 1938 in Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijan actor of opera, theatre, and silent film; a film director; and a film editor.

Early life and theatre career

Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh was born into a family of a teacher, who taught at Seyid Azim Shirvani's Usul-i Jadid school. After the 1902 Shamakhi earthquake, the family moved to Baku, where Sharifzadeh became a member of a drama club at his school. In 1916, he starred in the play the Grief of Fakhreddin, as the lead role Fakhraddin.

Career as a film actor and director Sharifzadeh first appeared on screen in the 1916 Russian movie Knyaz Temir-Bulat. In 1924, he played the role of the Khan in the Azerbaijani film Baygush ("Owl"). The real reason for those visits, according to his colleagues, were friendly relations between a group of stage actors, of which Sharifzadeh was part, and the Iranian consul who admired Azerbaijani theatre and would often invite them for reunions. He later lived with actress Marziyya Davudova, with whom they had their daughter Firangiz Sharifova (born 1924), an actress.

Filmography As actor