Əli Qurbanov

Ali Mirzali oghlu Gurbanov (; June 20, 1898 – October 10, 1962) was an Azerbaijani actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Biography Ali Gurbanov was born on June 20, 1898, in Tbilisi. He began his acting career in 1914 in Tbilisi in a troupe of theater lovers. For the first time he appeared on the stage, at the insistence of Mohsun Sanani, with a single word "let's go" in the amateur play "Gaveyi-Ahangar". In 1915, he played the role of Rustam Bey in the play "If Not That One, Then This One". After this event, he was invited not only to drama performances, but also to operas, operettas and contests as both an artist and a tar player. In 1917, the "Ittihad" Drama Society was established in Tbilisi, and in the same year Ali Gurbanov was invited to join the troupe. He performed in "Unfortunate Young Man" (Old Peasant) and "Pari Jadu" (Niyaz) with the "Ittihad" troupe. Ali Gurbanov had been acting in the "Ibret" drama society since 1918. He worked in this troupe with such actors as Mirzali Abbasov, Mirzakhan Guliyev, Mirseyfaddin Kirmanshahli, Ibrahim Isfahanli. He played the roles of Haji Hasan ("Olular"), Shahmar bey ("Musibati Fakhraddin"), Shah Sultan Huseyn khan ("Nadir Shah"), Javad bey ("Daghilan Tifag"), Asgar bey ("Haji Gara") and others.