Background
Marziyya Davudova was born in Astrakhan, Russia, and graduated from the Jamiyyat-i Kheyriyya Islamiyya school.
Marziyya Davudova was born in Astrakhan, Russia, and graduated from the Jamiyyat-i Kheyriyya Islamiyya school.
In 1917, she debuted as an actress at the local Tatar Drama Theatre. In 1918, 16-year-old Davudova"s incredible talent was noticed by Azerbaijani actor Huseyn Arablinski who was visiting Astrakhan at the time. After the play and a short interview, Arablinski invited Davudova to pursue an acting career in Baku.
In 1920, she settled in Azerbaijan and began acting at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre.
Many of her early roles portrayed the government-propagated heroic and independent image of the new-era Soviet woman, as seen in Sevil by Jafar Jabbarli, Hayat by Mirza Ibrahimov, Lyubov Yarovaya by Konstantin Trenyov, et cetera In 1949, Marziyya Davudova became.
Throughout her career, she also starred in films such as Bakhtiyar, Haji Gara, Bir aila, Bakinin ishiglari, Bir mahallali iki oghlan, Koroghlu, Asl dost, et cetera Her last role was that of the Mother in a theatre play based on Alexis Parnis"s Aphrodite"s Island in 1961.
Marziyya Davudova was married to actor and director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh.
She died in Baku. The Mingachevir State Drama Theatre is named after Davudova.
