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Munavvar Kalantarli‌

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Munavvar Kalantarli

Lankaran, Azerbaijan

Munavvar Kalantarli

Lankaran, Azerbaijan

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1912-01-01

Popularity

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Biography

Munavvar Samad qizi Kalantarli (Azerbaijani: Münəvvər Kələntərli) was an Azerbaijani actress and folk singer. Born to a wealthy landowner family descended from Iranian émigrés, Munavvar "Mina" Kalantarli received her primary education at Maryam Bayramalibeyova's Uns School for Girls in Lankaran. Her aunt-in-law and prominent Azerbaijani folk singer, Yavar Kalantarli, noticed young Mina's talent for singing and encouraged her to pursue career in music. In the early 1930s, Munavvar Kalantarli moved to Baku to work at the Azerbaijan State Opera Theatre, where together with Yavar Kalantarli and Munavvar's brother Hashim, she performed folk songs. Prior to becoming an actress Munavvar Kalantarli had not received professional training in acting. Nevertheless, her artistic personality, natural talent and good sense of humour soon got the attention of theatre directors, and in the mid-1930s she was offered a job as an actress at the Azerbaijan Musical Comedy Theatre. In 1937, she got married and give birth to a daughter. Having had to choose between her career and her personal life, Kalantarli divorced her husband when their daughter was still a toddler. Her career in comedy was a successful one. In 1945, she starred in her first movie "The Cloth Peddler" (dir. Ismayil Afandiyev) as Auntie Jahan. Overall she acted in 9 movies between 1945 and 1962. She quit theatre after being appointed assistant producer at the Vatan cinema in Baku.

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If Not This, Then That

If Not This, Then That‌
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calendar 1956

The Meeting

The Meeting‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

Under the Burning Sun

Under the Burning Sun‌
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calendar 1957

Bakhtiyar

Bakhtiyar‌
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calendar 1955

The Labour and Rose

The Labour and Rose‌
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calendar 1962

Her Great Heart

Her Great Heart‌
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calendar 1958

Arshin Takes a Wife

Arshin Takes a Wife‌
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calendar 1945

The Shadows are Crawling

The Shadows are Crawling‌
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calendar 1958

In New Year Night

In New Year Night‌
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calendar 1958

The Packet of "Kazbek"

The Packet of "Kazbek"‌
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calendar 1958

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