Kakhi Kavsadze (Georgian: კახი კავსაძე K’akhi K’avsadze; June 5, 1935 – April 27, 2021) was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor.
Kakhi Kavsadze | |
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 Kakhi Kavsadze in Ronald Harwood's "Quartet", 2003 | |
| Born | 5 June 1935 |
| Died | 27 April 2021 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–2021 |
| Awards | People’s Artist (1981) |
Early life
editHe was born in Tbilisi. After his birth, his parents moved to Tkibuli. His father David Kavsadze was a choirleader who, while serving in the Red Army during World War II, was taken prisoner, led a choir in the prison camp, and helped to save the lives of many Georgian prisoners, but after the war was charged with treason and exiled to Sverdlovsk Oblast.[1]
Kakhi Kavsadze graduated in 1959 from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University and the Rustaveli Theatre.
Career
editKavsadze made his debut in cinema in the 1950s. He was awarded the title of People’s Artist (1981) and won the Festival Prize at Dushanbe (1989).[2]
His notable roles include Adam (Divine Comedy), Tavadi Kotsia (Gushindelni), Devdariani (Sabraldebo daskvna), Iliko (Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion), Simon Chachava (The Caucasian Chalk Circle), Lord (Richard III), Kent (King Lear) and Rasputin (Kvachi Kvachantiradze).[3]
He died of complications from COVID-19 in Tbilisi at the age of 85.[4]
Selected filmography
edit| Year | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | White Sun of the Desert | Abdullah |
| 1971 | A Necklace for My Beloved | Zaur |
| 1976 | The Saplings | David |
| 1978 | Centaurs | Ugo |
| 1982 | Melodies of Vera Quarter | Foreigner |
| 1984 | Love at First Sight | Selim |
| 1985 | White Rose of Immortality | Vodyanoy |
| 1987 | Repentance | Mikheil Koresheli |
| 1988 | The Crime Has Happened | Andro |
| 1988 | The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho | Alonso Quijano |
| 1991 | I am the Pele's godfather! | Lado Kavsadze |
| 1992 | The Wishing Tree | Rebel Ioram |
| 1994 | Iavnana | grandpa |
| 1996 | Death of Orpheus | Elizbar, artist |
| 1996 | A Chef in Love | Le Président |
| 2013 | Blind Dates | Sandro's Father |
| 2021 | Brighton 4th | Sergo |
References
edit- ^ G.R. (8 May 2012). "Kakhi Kavsadze in the Archive". The Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.[permanent dead link] Extra detail in the Georgian language version Archived 2013-01-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Kakhi Kavsadze". IMDb.
- ^ Mchedlishvili, David A. "კახი კავსაძე (1935)". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
- ^ Famed Georgian Actor Dies After Contracting COVID-19