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Hokuma Gurbanova

Hokuma Gurbanova

Actor · 1913 – 1988 · Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Hokuma Abbas gizi Gurbanova (Azerbaijani: Hökümə Abbas qızı Qurbanova) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress and People's Artist of the USSR (since 1965). Hokuma Gurbanova was born on May 29, 1913 in Baku. In 1931, Hokuma Gurbanova graduated from a pedagogical college of Baku. In 1931-1932, she studied piano at the Baku Academy of Music. Hokuma Gurbanova's career as an actress began in 1933, at the Azerbaijanfilm studio, when she played the role of Yakhshi in one of the earliest Soviet Azerbaijani feature films Almaz, chosen for the role by screenwriter Jafar Jabbarly himself. From 1938, she performed in a troupe of Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre in various drama genres. Hokuma Gurbanova was a member of the Union of Cinematographers' of the Azerbaijan SSR and member of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR of the 7th and 8th convocations. Hokuma Gurbanova was briefly married to actor Alasgar Alakbarov and gave birth to a daughter, Naila. Gurbanova had another daughter, Vafa, also an actress, from her second marriage to stage decorator Nusrat Fatullayev. She died on November 2, 1988 in Baku and was buried in the Alley of Honor.

Movies9

  • Movie1.0

    Qanun Naminə

    In the Name of the Law

    1968 · 2 votes

  • Movie9.5

    Əmək və qızılgül

    The Labour and Rose

    1963 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Almas

    Алмас

    1936 · 5 votes

  • Movie4.7

    Uşaqlığın Son Gecəsi

    The Last Night of Childhood

    1968 · 2 votes

  • Movie

    Firəngiz

    Firangiz

    1975

  • Movie7.0

    Insan Məskən Salır

    Man Casts an Anchor

    1967 · 1 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Onu Bağışlamaq Olarmı?

    Can One Forgive Him?

    1959 · 4 votes

  • Movie8.3

    A Family

    Одна семья

    1943 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Qaynana

    The Mother in Law

    1978 · 11 votes