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): Chantal Montellier • Chris Iwelumo • Claudius • Gaston Doumergue • Hannah Hauxwell • Herman Melville • Jack Delano • James Henry Govier • Jerry Garcia • Julien Faubert • Kurmanbek Bakiyev • Mahmoud Dowlatabadi • Nathan Fien • Ottavio Bottecchia • Pia Haraldsen • Robert Cray • Sebastiano Ricci

Born in the same month (August 1929): Ahmed Kathrada • Bill Evans • Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929) • Dick Tiger • Don Larsen • Francis Gary Powers • Guy de Lussigny • Helmut Rahn • Ira Levin • István Kertész (conductor) • John Gale (theatre producer) • Roch La Salle • Vidya Charan Shukla