Sofia Erjonovna Tuibayeva (sometimes transliterated Tuyboeva) (, ) (January 30, 1913 – October 26, 1996) was a

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i actress of the

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era. Born in

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, Tuibayeva began her career in

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in the mid-1920s. Between 1929 and 1931 she was an actress at the Hamza Dramatic Theater in

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; in 1931 she joined the Lahuti State Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her career gained momentum in the 1930s; among her roles at this point were Juliet in ''

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'' and

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in ''The Storm'' by

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and Shamsi Qiyomov. During the 1940s she worked with directors such as

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. Tuibayeva began to work in cinema in 1934; her films include ''Man bo Dukhtari Vokhurdam'' (''I Met a Girl'', 1957), in which she played Mehrinisokhola; ''Qismati Shoir'' (''The Lot of the Poet'', 1959), in which she played Boy; ''Vaqti Zangirii Pisaram Rasid'' (''It Is Time for My Son to Get Married'', 1960), in which she appeared as Saidabonu; and ''Zumrad'' (''Zumrad'', 1961), in which she played Modari Jalil. Named a

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in 1941, Tuibayeva is recognized as one of the founders of the Tajik National Theater, and was instrumental in the training of many younger Tajikistani artists. For her work she received the

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and the

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, the latter three times over. She died in

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1913 births 1996 deaths People from Syr-Darya Oblast Tajikistani film actresses Tajikistani stage actresses Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses People's Artists of the Tajik SSR Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour {{Tajikistan-bio-stub