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Munavvar Kalantarli

Munavvar Kalantarli

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1912-01-01

Birth Place

Lankaran, Azerbaijan

Movies and TV shows :

Arshin Takes a Wife

Arshin Takes a Wife

1945

6.5

Movie
Bakhtiyar

Bakhtiyar

1955

1.0

Movie
Her Great Heart

Her Great Heart

1958

0.0

Movie
If Not This, Then That

If Not This, Then That

1956

5.6

Movie
In New Year Night

In New Year Night

1958

0.0

Movie
The Labour and Rose

The Labour and Rose

1962

0.0

Movie
The Meeting

The Meeting

1955

3.3

Movie
The Packet of "Kazbek"

The Packet of "Kazbek"

1958

7.0

Movie
The Shadows are Crawling

The Shadows are Crawling

1958

7.0

Movie
Under the Burning Sun

Under the Burning Sun

1957

0.0

Movie