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): Ann Calvello • Anthony G. Bosco • Avi Arad • Björn Ferry • David Gemmell • Edward Kelley • Elton Jantjies • Graham Thorpe • Jamie Jones-Buchanan • Jerry Garcia • John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen • Masaichi Kaneda • Morris Stoloff • Pat McDonald (actress) • Ramblin' Jack Elliott • Scottie Barnes • Sebastiano Ricci • Stephen Sykes • Trevor Goddard (cricketer) • W. D. Hamilton

Born in the same month (August 1929): Abdi İpekçi • Ahmed Kathrada • Ann Calvello • Dick Tiger • Don Larsen • Don Matheson • Fritz Von Erich • George Scott (wrestler) • Guy de Lussigny • István Kertész (conductor) • John Gale (theatre producer) • Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer) • Larisa Bogoraz • Peter Thomson (golfer) • Ronnie Biggs • Ulrich Wegener • Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist) • X. J. Kennedy