Tuhfa Fazilovna Fozilova (1917 â€" February 3, 1984) was a Tajikistani
actress and singer of the Soviet era. During her operatic career she
performed as a lyric soprano.Fozilova was born into a working-class
family in Konibodom, and began her career in that town, in the
havaskoron amateur groups. The first role which she played was the
title role in Lolakhon by Komil Yashin. In 1933 she joined the
Tashkent Music Theater, but returned the next year to the Leninabad
Drama and Music Theater. The next year she went to Dushanbe, then
called Stalinabad, and began working to promote Tajik opera and
ballet. Roles during this time included the title role in Halima by
Ghulam Zafari and Gulchira in Arshin Mal Alan by Uzeyir Hajibeyov. She
joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1941. Other roles
followed; these included Qumri in Lola, by Sergey Balasanian and
Samuil Urbakh; Gulizor and Nushofarin in The Vose' Uprising and Kaveh
the Blacksmith, both by Balasanian; and the title role in Razia by
Ziyodullo Shahidi, among other roles. She moved to the Lahuti State
Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, where her roles included Guli in
Alisher Navo'i by Uighun and Izzat Sulton and three roles in plays by
Sadriddin Ayni and Jalol Ikromi, Mahtob in Unfulfilled Girl, Gulnor in
Dokhunda, and Poshokhon in Burning Hearts. She also appeared in a
number of films produced by Tajikfilm. Named a People's Artist of the
USSR in 1957, she received the Rudaki State Prize in 1979; other
decorations which she received during her career include the Order of
Lenin and the Order of Friendship of Peoples. Fozilova died in
Dushanbe. The theater in Konibodom is named in her honor. In 2017 the
biennial theatrical festival in Dushanbe was dedicated in part to the
centenary of her birth.
actress and singer of the Soviet era. During her operatic career she
performed as a lyric soprano.Fozilova was born into a working-class
family in Konibodom, and began her career in that town, in the
havaskoron amateur groups. The first role which she played was the
title role in Lolakhon by Komil Yashin. In 1933 she joined the
Tashkent Music Theater, but returned the next year to the Leninabad
Drama and Music Theater. The next year she went to Dushanbe, then
called Stalinabad, and began working to promote Tajik opera and
ballet. Roles during this time included the title role in Halima by
Ghulam Zafari and Gulchira in Arshin Mal Alan by Uzeyir Hajibeyov. She
joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1941. Other roles
followed; these included Qumri in Lola, by Sergey Balasanian and
Samuil Urbakh; Gulizor and Nushofarin in The Vose' Uprising and Kaveh
the Blacksmith, both by Balasanian; and the title role in Razia by
Ziyodullo Shahidi, among other roles. She moved to the Lahuti State
Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, where her roles included Guli in
Alisher Navo'i by Uighun and Izzat Sulton and three roles in plays by
Sadriddin Ayni and Jalol Ikromi, Mahtob in Unfulfilled Girl, Gulnor in
Dokhunda, and Poshokhon in Burning Hearts. She also appeared in a
number of films produced by Tajikfilm. Named a People's Artist of the
USSR in 1957, she received the Rudaki State Prize in 1979; other
decorations which she received during her career include the Order of
Lenin and the Order of Friendship of Peoples. Fozilova died in
Dushanbe. The theater in Konibodom is named in her honor. In 2017 the
biennial theatrical festival in Dushanbe was dedicated in part to the
centenary of her birth.
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