Vaso Godziashvili

Vasil "Vaso" Davitis dze Godziashvili (; – 30 January 1976) was a Georgian stage and film actor. For more than four decades a leading actor of the Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1958.

Early life and career Godziashvili was born on in Tbilisi. He was an actor of the Rustaveli Theatre from 1924 to 1930, and from 1930 until his death he worked at the Marjanishvili Theatre, where he became one of the company's leading actors. People's Artist of the USSR (1958) Stalin Prize, Second Class (1952), for the role of Zandukeli in His Star Shota Rustaveli State Prize of the Georgian SSR (1971) Order of Lenin (1950) Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966) Order of the Badge of Honour (1941)

Personal life Godziashvili was married to the actress Sesilia Takaishvili (1906–1984), with whom he had a son, Davit; the couple later divorced. He died in Tbilisi on 30 January 1976 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.