Leila Abashidze
Leila Abashidze was a Georgian actress, director and writer. She was Meritorious Artist of Georgia, People's Artist of Georgia, a recipient of Order of the Red Banner of Labour, as well as of awards of European and Asian film festivals, and has her own honorary star in front of Rustaveli cinema on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia. During her career she was widely considered as the "Mary Pickford of the USSR". She is one of the most popular Georgian and Soviet actresses.
1 August 1929
Born on the same birth date (1 August 1929): Ann Calvello • Hafizullah Amin
Born on the same birth day (1 August): Alexander of Greece • Ayaka Wada • Christofer Heimeroth • Cliff Branch • Dušan Třeštík • Frank Havens (canoeist) • George Coulthard • Junior Agogo • Károly Grósz • Lionel Bart • Morris Stoloff • Paul Horgan • Ray Nettles • Richard Henry Dana Jr. • Sergeal Petersen • Trevor Berbick
Born in the same month (August 1929): Abdi İpekçi • Ahmed Kathrada • Ann Calvello • Don Larsen • Don Matheson • George Scott (wrestler) • Helmut Rahn • Ion N. Petrovici • Roch La Salle • Roxie Roker • Roy Crimmins • Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist) • Vladimir Beekman