Tsetsilia Tsutsunava
Born 1912 (age 44) · Ozurgeti, Georgia
Appears in 17 titles

She started her studies in the village of Guryanta , continued first in Ozurgeti, then in Batumi , and finally in 1912 she graduated from Poti Gymnasium. The theater was the passion of the Tsutsunava family. Cecilia, together with her younger brother, got interested in this field of art early on. She made his debut in Batumi, where she performed the role of Salikha in Nino Nakashidze's play "Who is to blame?". She was forced to start teaching in the village of Tamish in Abkhazia , where a school was founded at that time. In 1920 , she moved to Tbilisi and joined the Rustaveli Theater until 1926, in 1926-1928 she was acting in the "Red Theater" of Tbilisi, And in 1928 in the State Academic Theater named after Kote Marjanishvili , where she served the Georgian theater until the end of his life. She portrayed: Karozhna ("Trouble of Darispan"), Maka ("Nut in the Heart"), Darejan ("Man is a man?!"), Anna Andreevna ("Revisor"), Marcelina ("Marriage of Figaro"), Lirsa ("Kvarkvara Tutaberi "), and many others. Tsutsunava's creative work in Georgian cinema began in the 20s , although the audience saw her for the first time in the first Georgian feature film "Christine" shot in 1916 , where she created the memorable face of Marine. This was followed by excellent roles in other films: "Who's to blame", "Guli", "Eliso", "Late Bride", "Keto and Kote", "Dragonfly" and others. Tsecilia Tsutsunava was a highly characterful and comedic actress of rich creative nature. Her contribution to the Georgian theater art was marked with an order and medals during the Red Time of Labor . She is buried in the Didube pantheon of writers and public figures, Tbilisi .

Filmography

Eliso
5.6
Eliso
1929
Khanuma
5.2
Khanuma
1926
as Tebro, Adam's servant
Gogi Ratiani
4.8
Gogi Ratiani
1927
as Wife of salesman
Christine
5.3
Christine
1916
as Marine
Chrichina
6.8
Chrichina
1954
as Eprosine
Keto and Kote
4.5
Keto and Kote
1948
as Princess I
Samanishvili's Stepmother
6.0
Samanishvili's Stepmother
1926
as Melano Samanishvili
Giuli
5.7
Giuli
1927
as Her stepmother
Three Lives
5.0
Three Lives
1924
as Employer in Court
Cantankerous Neighbors
6.7
Cantankerous Neighbors
1945
as Pepela, Amiran's wife
Farewell
8.0
Farewell
1935
Who Is Guilty?
8.0
Who Is Guilty?
1925
as Salikhe
Fiancé Who Was Too Late
8.0
Fiancé Who Was Too Late
1940
as Elisabedi
Amoki
8.0
Amoki
1928
Happy Reunion
7.0
Happy Reunion
1949
as Vasasi
Friendship
8.0
Friendship
1941
Arshaula
8.0
Arshaula
1935
as widow