Edgar Elbakyan

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Edgar Elbakyan (Armenian: Էդգար Գևորգի Էլբակյան, 7 March 1928 – 31 August 1988) was an Armenian actor.

Elbakyan was born in Tiflis to a school-teacher family. In 1946, he graduated from secondary school, he moved to Yerevan and entered Yerevan State Academy of Art. He successfully graduated from the institute in 1950 and started his acting career in Yang Audience theater. He acted the part of many outstanding images of Russian, Armenian and foreign novels: Khlestakov -"The Government Inspector", Cardinal Richelieu-"The Three Musketeers". In 1962, Edgar Elbakyan was invited to join the team of Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, and had successfully performed as : Giqo -"Pepo", Tarelkin "Lawsuit", Topaz -"Topaz".

His perfect and special manner to embody different genre roles had its separate niche in the history of Armenian and USSR theatre art. His talent always was in focus of wide theatre audience and critics as well as art historians. In 1978, he was awarded the highest title of USSR Culture - "National Artist". In 1979, he was awarded The State Prize. Edgar Elbakyan was very well known, deeply loved and admired by several generations of theatre fans. His manner to perform the characters was unique, with special touch to unlock deep emotions, be them tragic, comedy or other.

• 1954 -Small Change (Manruq)
• 1963 - Fire (Krak) as Aramazd
• 1970 - At the Well (Jrhori mot) asBagdasar
• 1972 - (Txamardiq) as teller
• 1973 - Arshak (Arshak) as Arshak
• 1974 - Villagers (Hamagyaxaciner) Mirzoyan
• 1975 - When it comes September (Erb galis e septembery) as Laertes
• 1976 - Baghdasar divorcing his wife (Bagdasary bajanvum e knojic)
• 1976 - Birth
• 1977 - Bow to bring the day (Khonarvir vaxva orvan)
• 1978 - Star of Hope - Phindz Artin

• "Эдгар Элбакян (Edgar Elbakyan) - биография - Кино". Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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