Amaliya Panahova

Biography

Amalia Alish kizi Panahova was a Soviet and Azerbaijani theater and film actress, teacher. Doctor of Art History, professor. People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR and the Armenian SSR (1985). She was born in Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. In 1966, she graduated from the Baku Theater Institute. She was an actress at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theater, and from 1992 until her death, she was the director of the Baku Municipal Theater. She played more than 300 roles in theater and cinema and staged about twenty performances as a director. She was a member of the Milli Majlis of the second convocation. She died in Baku. She was buried at the Gurd Gapysy cemetery in Baku.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Babek (1979) — Zarnisa
2. Where is Ahmad? (1964) — Masma
3. The Stab in the Back (1979) — Ziba
4. Garib in the Land of Jinn (1977) — Zarri
5. Mesozoic Story (1976) — Narmina
6. I Compose a Song (1978) — Sona's Mother
7. Fair Wind (1974) — Khadija
8. The Strange Man (1979) — Farida
9. In the Name of the Law (1968) — Balysh (voice)
10. Wait for Me (1980) — Fakhranda
11. Only You (1986) — Zabita
12. Xatirələr Sahili (1972) — Khalida
13. Why do You Remain Silent? (1966)
14. The Life Tests Us (1972) — Munavvar
15. The Music Teacher (1983) — Math Teacher
16. My White City (1994) — Muradov's Wife
17. Acılar bitməz (2009) — Malahat
18. Who Do We Love More? (1964) — sportsman (segment “Cazibə qüvvəsi“)
19. Javad Khan (2009) — Knyaginya Darya