Niko Gotsiridze
Georgian actor
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| Intro | Georgian actor | ||||
| Places | Georgia | ||||
| was | Actor | ||||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||
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| Birth | 16 February 1871, Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Georgia | ||||
| Death | 30 July 1949Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Georgia (aged 78 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Aquarius | ||||
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Biography
Niko Gotsiridze (Nico Gotziridze, Нико Гоциридзе) (16 February, 1871 – 30 July, 1949) was a Georgian actor, director and a comedian who charmed spectators with his sense of humor. For fifteen years he managed the Tbilisi Ossetian Theatre.
Gotsiridze was the son of a tailor, but loved the stage, and first took to the boards at the age of twelve. He developed a comedy act and played the local working-class establishments until, in 1922, he joined a professional touring troupe under the director Kote Marjanishvili (Марджановым). He was much lauded and in 1924 he was made a People's Artist of the Georgia SSR.
Awards
- People's artist of the Georgian SSR – 1924
- Order of the Badge of Honour