Hokuma Gurbanova

Born: 1913-06-11

Hokuma Abbas gizi Gurbanova (Azerbaijani: Hökümə Abbas qızı Qurbanova) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress and People's Artist of the USSR (since 1965). Hokuma Gurbanova was born on May 29, 1913 in Baku. In 1931, Hokuma Gurbanova graduated from a pedagogical college of Baku. In 1931-1932, she studied piano at the Baku Academy of Music. Hokuma Gurbanova's career as an actress began in 1933, at the Azerbaijanfilm studio, when she played the role of Yakhshi in one of the earliest Soviet Azerbaijani feature films Almaz, chosen for the role by screenwriter Jafar Jabbarly himself. From 1938, she performed in a troupe of Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre in various drama genres. Hokuma Gurbanova was a member of the Union of Cinematographers' of the Azerbaijan SSR and member of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR of the 7th and 8th convocations. Hokuma Gurbanova was briefly married to actor Alasgar Alakbarov and gave birth to a daughter, Naila. Gurbanova had another daughter, Vafa, also an actress, from her second marriage to stage decorator Nusrat Fatullayev. She died on November 2, 1988 in Baku and was buried in the Alley of Honor.


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The Mother in Law

as uncredited
Released: 1978-12-03

The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.

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In the Name of the Law

as Yavar
Released: 1968-12-01

The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.

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The Last Night of Childhood

as Davud's Wife
Released: 1968-12-08

Murad, a young man fails the entrance exam to the Institute and starts working at the meat...

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A Family

as Leyla
Released: 1943-10-16

The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.

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Firangiz

as Musa's Wife
Released: 1975-10-20

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Man Casts an Anchor

as Shamama
Released: 1967-12-10

The film is about an oilman who took a lost worker's place and won the respect of other oilmen,...

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The Labour and Rose

as Bikatu
Released: 1962-12-02

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

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Almas

as Yakhshi
Released: 1936-12-25

A new teacher arrives in a remote mountain village, where the old traditions still hold sway.

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Can One Forgive Him?

as Kamala Khanum
Released: 1959-12-27

The film is about the boy who got under bad when influence after losting his family he faced...

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