Javahir Isgandarova
{{short description|Azerbaijani stage actress}}
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| birth_name = Javahir Allahverdi gizi Isgandarova
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|03|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|10|04|1914|03|03|df=y}}
| death_place = Baku, Azerbaijan
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| occupation = actress
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| spouse = Aliagha Aghayev
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Javahir Allahverdi gizi Isgandarova, also known as Javahir Isgandarova (Azer. Cəvahir İsgəndərova, 3 March 1914, Tbilisi – 4 October 2003, Baku) was an Azerbaijani theater actress, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1954). She was one of the founders of the Azerbaijan State Theater of Young Spectators in Baku.{{Cite web|title=AZƏRBAYCAN QEYRİ-MADDİ MƏDƏNİ İRS NÜMUNƏLƏRİNİN DÖVLƏT REYESTRİ|url=http://intangible.az/front/az/moreCarriers/1223|access-date=2020-11-12|website=intangible.az|archive-date=2020-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206035301/http://intangible.az/front/az/moreCarriers/1223|url-status=dead}}
Life and career
Javahir Isgandarova was born on 3 March 1914 in Tbilisi. She studied at a girls’ school in Baku and from an early age was a member of a drama club. In 1927, Isgandarova played the role of Anna in the performance “Storm” by Latif Karimli.{{Cite web|title=Gənclik ruhunu həmişə saxlayan teatr|url=https://www.azadliq.info/11697.html|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Azadliq|language=az}} From that day, her career was connected with the Theater of Young Spectators where she was one of the founders.{{Cite web|title=Gənc Tamaşaçılar Teatrı|url=https://www.neharada.az/mekan/g%c9%99nc-tamasacilar-teatri/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Neharada.az|archive-date=2022-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819212553/https://www.neharada.az/mekan/g%C9%99nc-tamasacilar-teatri/|url-status=dead}}
Isgandarova was married to People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, actor Aliagha Aghayev.{{Cite web|title=Kitabxanası Azərbaycan Respublikasının Prezidenti yanında - səhifə 23|url=http://genderi.org/kitabxanas-azerbaycan-respublikasnn-prezidenti-yannda.html?page=23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126133353/http://genderi.org/kitabxanas-azerbaycan-respublikasnn-prezidenti-yannda.html?page=23|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 26, 2022|access-date=2020-11-12|website=genderi.org|language=az}} The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.{{Cite web|date=2016-11-03|title=Əliağa Ağayev: xaş məclisləri və gülə-gülə ölüm - Xatirə|url=https://axar.az/news/kult/114990.html|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Axar.Az|language=az}} After the birth of children Isgandarova left theater to take care of her family.{{Cite web|date=2015-11-13|title=Unudulmaz mədəniyyət xadimi Əliağa Ağayev irsinə dövlət qayğısı...|url=https://www.baki-xeber.com/layihe/29195.html|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Baki-Xeber.com|language=az}} Her son Vagif Agayev worked as a director at the Musical Theater for a long time.
Javahir Isgandarova died on 4 October 2003 in Baku.
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Category:Azerbaijani stage actresses
Category:20th-century Azerbaijani actresses
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