Elguja Burduli
Elguja Burduli ელგუჯა ბურდული | |
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 Burduli in 1999 | |
| Born | Elguja Vladimirovich Burduli 1 April 1941 |
| Died | 5 March 2022 (aged 80) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1974–2019 |
| Spouse | Inessa Abesadze[1][2] |
| Awards | Nika Awards (1993)[3] |
Elguja Vladimirovich Burduli (Georgian: ელგუჯა ვლადიმერის ძე ბურდული; 1 April 1941 — 5 March 2022) was a Soviet and Georgian film actor, singer.
Life and career
Burduli was born in Tbilisi on 1 April 1941. In 1959 he entered the evening department of the Georgian Technical University and studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering until 1969. He was a lifeguard on the Tbilisi Sea (1958–1969), a member of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet (1961–1964) and a worker at filling station (1964–1984). His acting career started in 1974.
In 2021, Burduli was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi.[4] Burduli died on 5 March 2022, at the age of 80.[5]
Selected filmography
- Hatred as Prokhor (1977)
- Primary Russia as Belisarius (1985)
- Boris Godunov as Arab merchant (1986)
- Dark Eyes as Arab merchant (1986)
- Hard to Be a God as Baron Pampa (1989)
- The Sun of the Sleepless as Gela Bendeliani (1992)
- A Chef in Love as an old man (1996)
- Going Vertical as Georgian aksakal (2017)
References
- ^ Elguja Burduli on KinoPoisk
- ^ Inessa Abesadze on KinoPoisk
- ^ "Академики". Nika Awards. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ В столице Грузии наградили почётных граждан Тбилиси (in Russian)
- ^ მსახიობი გუჯა ბურდული გარდაიცვალა (in Georgian)
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