Kakhi Kavsadze

Kakhi Kavsadze
Kakhi Kavsadze in Ronald Harwood's "Quartet", 2003
Born(1935-06-05)5 June 1935
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died27 April 2021(2021-04-27) (aged 85)
Tbilisi, Georgia
OccupationActor
Years active1955–2021
AwardsPeople’s Artist (1981)

Kakhi Kavsadze (Georgian: კახი კავსაძე K’akhi K’avsadze; June 5, 1935 – April 27, 2021) was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor.

Early life

He was born in Tbilisi. After his birth, his parents moved to Tkibuli. His father David Kavsadze was a choirleader who, while serving in the Red Army during World War II, was taken prisoner, led a choir in the prison camp, and helped to save the lives of many Georgian prisoners, but after the war was charged with treason and exiled to Sverdlovsk Oblast.[1]

Kakhi Kavsadze graduated in 1959 from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University and the Rustaveli Theatre.

Career

Kavsadze made his debut in cinema in the 1950s. He was awarded the title of People’s Artist (1981) and won the Festival Prize at Dushanbe (1989).[2]

His notable roles include Adam (Divine Comedy), Tavadi Kotsia (Gushindelni), Devdariani (Sabraldebo daskvna), Iliko (Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion), Simon Chachava (The Caucasian Chalk Circle), Lord (Richard III), Kent (King Lear) and Rasputin (Kvachi Kvachantiradze).[3]

He died of complications from COVID-19 in Tbilisi at the age of 85.[4]

Selected filmography

Year Name Role
1970 White Sun of the Desert Abdullah
1971 A Necklace for My Beloved Zaur
1976 The Saplings David
1978 Centaurs Ugo
1982 Melodies of Vera Quarter Foreigner
1984 Love at First Sight Selim
1985 White Rose of Immortality Vodyanoy
1987 Repentance Mikheil Koresheli
1988 The Crime Has Happened Andro
1988 The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho Alonso Quijano
1991 I am the Pele's godfather! Lado Kavsadze
1992 The Wishing Tree Rebel Ioram
1994 Iavnana grandpa
1996 Death of Orpheus Elizbar, artist
1996 A Chef in Love Le Président
2013 Blind Dates Sandro's Father
2021 Brighton 4th Sergo

References

  1. ^ G.R. (8 May 2012). "Kakhi Kavsadze in the Archive". The Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.[permanent dead link‍] Extra detail in the Georgian language version Archived 2013-01-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Kakhi Kavsadze". IMDb.
  3. ^ Mchedlishvili, David A. "კახი კავსაძე (1935)". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
  4. ^ Famed Georgian Actor Dies After Contracting COVID-19