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): Abdullah of Saudi Arabia • Al D'Amato • Beckie Scott • Claudius • Dean Cox • James Mourilyan Tanner • James St. James • Joseph Sua'ali'i • Nathan Fien • Ottavio Bottecchia • Richard Wilson (painter) • William B. Travis

Born in the same month (August 1929): Abdi İpekçi • Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929) • Buck Owens • George Scott (wrestler) • Giacomo Capuzzi • Herman Badillo • Ira Levin • István Kertész (conductor) • John Gale (theatre producer) • Kishore Kumar • Larisa Bogoraz • Thom Gunn • Vellore G. Ramabhadran