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Irina Aktasheva

Name in Native Language: "Ирина Акташева" (Bulgarian/BG)
Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 10/06/1931 († 86, 02/11/2018) | Yolatan, Turkmen SSR (Soviet Union)

Irina Aktasheva was born on 6 October, 1931 in Yolatan, Turkmen SSR, USSR. She graduated acting with Sergey Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova at the All-Russian State University of Cinematography, VGIK in Moscow in 1953 where she met director Hristo Piskov, whose partner in the profession and in life she remained until the end of his days. She has worked at the Film Actors’ Theatre in Moscow (1953-1955). After their return to Bulgaria in 1955 the two worked at the Feature Film Studio, to begin with as assistant directors. Irina Aktasheva has one role to her name – Lyudmila in The commander of the detachment (1959) directed by Ducho Mundrov in which she acts opposite Kosta Tsonev. The debut of the two young film directors Poor man’s street (1960), awarded First Prize at the Golden Rose Feature Festival in Varna, heralded the emergence of a new phenomenon in Bulgarian filmmaking. Their first success was followed by another with their second film There Is No Death (1963). But their third film Monday Morning (1966) was banned for 22 whole years – until October 1988. In 1989 it was awarded the Special Prize of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, the Best Actress Award to Pepa Nikolova and the Prize for Cinematography to Dimo Kolarov.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | War

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Awards & Nominations for Irina Aktasheva

Order of Cyril and Methodius
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Movies with Irina Aktasheva as Actress(2)

as Lyudmila1959 The Troop Leader

Movies with Irina Aktasheva as Crew(10)

Writing/Writer1990 Live Dangerously
Directing/Director1988 Monday Morning
Directing/Director1987 Only You, My Heart
Writing/Writer1987 Only You, My Heart
Directing/Director1982 Avalanche
Writing/Writer1982 Avalanche
Directing/Director1977 Sunstroke
Writing/Writer1977 Sunstroke
Directing/Director1963 There Is No Death
Directing/Assistant Director1960 Poor Street

Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), Bulgaria
Born: Tuesday, 10/06 1931 (October) in Yolatan, Turkmen SSR (Soviet Union)
Died: Sunday, 02/11 2018 (February) in Sofia (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Bulgarian (BG)
Educated at: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Other names for Irina Aktasheva (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ирина Акташева"
Irina Aktasheva frequently works together with these people:
Hristo Piskov (8x, Crew)
Kosta Tsonev (3x, Actor)
Petar Slabakov (3x, Actor)
Katya Paskaleva (3x, Actress)
Ivan Bratanov (2x, Actor)
Naicho Petrov (2x, Actor)
Itzhak Finzi (2x, Actor)
Stefan Danailov (2x, Actor)
Donka Dimcheva (2x, Crew)
Georgi Minchev (2x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Irina Aktasheva

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1158101, Added: 12/28/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024