Guram Sagaradze (actor)
Guram Sagaradze (Georgian: გურამ საღარაძე, also transliterated as Sagharadze; 12 January 1929 – 17 January 2013) was a Georgian actor whose career spanned more than 60 years and was principally associated with the Rustaveli Theatre.
Biography
Sagaradze was born into the family of the theatre actor Giorgi Sagaradze in Tbilisi in 1929. In 1951, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Theatrical Institute and joined the Rustaveli Theatre troupe, with which he made much of his fame and popularity, including for his memorable performance as Prince Kazbeki in Robert Sturua's production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht. He also made over a dozen appearances in the Georgian cinema. He was honored as the People's Artist of Georgia (1973) and decorated with the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1976), the USSR State Prize (1979), the Order of Honour of Georgia (1998), and the State Prize of Georgia (1999).[1][2][3]
Sagaradze died, at age 84, in Tbilisi in 2013. He was buried at the Didube Pantheon.[4]
References
- ↑ "გურამ საღარაძე (Guram Sagaradze)". Encyclopedia of Georgian Theatre (in Georgian). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Guram Sagaradze". Georgian National Filmography. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "გურამ საღარაძე (Guram Sagaradze)" (in Georgian). The Rustaveli Theatre. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Guram Sagharadze be buried at Didube Pantheon on January 22". Georgian Public Broadcasting. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.