Aziza Mammadova

Aziza Mammadova (; 1892 – 14 August 1961) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet stage and film actress, one of the first actresses of the Azerbaijani theater and one of the first Azerbaijani film actresses, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Biography Aziza Abdulbaghi gizi Mammadova was born in 1892 in Tiflis in the family of the famous khanende singer Bulbuljan. Seeing his daughter's interest in music, her father taught her to play the accordion.

Later, Zulalov married off his daughter to Salman Hajiyev from Sheki. In 1907, the couple had a daughter, Sona, who in the future also became an actress and people's artist of the republic. A year later, Aziza's husband suddenly died and Aziza, together with her daughter, moved back to her father's house in Tiflis.

Roles played in the theater Tukaz ("Haji Kara" by M. F. Akhundov) Ziba ("Adventures of the Vezier of the Lankaran Khanate" by M. F. Akhundov) Hafiza ("Enchantress Peri" by A. Hagverdiyev) Fatmanisa ("Almas" by J. Jabbarly) Gulnisa ("Faded Flowers" by J. Jabbarly) Shahrabanu ("Yashar" by J. Jabbarly) Zalha ("Wedding" by S. Rahman) Sanam ("Eye Doctor" by I. Safarli) Vasilisa ("The Lower Depths" by M. Gorky)

Filmography Year Film Role 1929 Haji Gara Gulsum, Sona's mother 1940 New Horizon Fatma 1955 The Meeting Aziza 1958 The Stepmother Solmaz