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Born · April 20, 1916
Died · March 10, 2004 (87 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Baku, Azerbaijan
Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918 committed by Bolshevik military units in Baku. Her father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea. While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. She earned a degree at the Baku School of Theatre. In the following years Nasiba Zeynalova acted in 22 films and around 70 plays, as well as in numerous television sketches. She is most remembered for the roles of Fatmanisa in Stepmother, (1958), Sughra in Our Teacher Jabish (1969), Jannat in Mother in Law (1978) and Nasiba in The Kidnapping of Fiance (1985). She was famous mostly for her comedy roles. In 1967, she was named People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
Khanbaji
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2003
Masma
5.0
2001
Sakina
4.0
1986
Nasiba
5.0
1985
0.0
1984
Zeynab
6.0
1981
Mardan's Mother
6.5
1981
Jannat
6.3
1978
Grandmother
1.0
1978
Kishvar
7.0
1977
Sariyya
0.0
1973
Meyransa
8.0
1970
Sughra
4.3
1969
Villager
4.0
1969
Shahla Khanum
1.0
1968
Zuleykha
3.8
1964
Telli
3.4
1962
Gulsum
0.0
1960
Fatmanisa
5.4
1958