
Known for
Acting
Born
April 20, 1916
Birthplace
Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]
Died
March 10, 2004 (aged 87)
Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918 committed by Bolshevik military units in Baku. Her father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea.
While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. She earned a degree at the Baku School of Theatre. In the following years...
2003
as Grandmother
2003
as Khanbaji
2001
as Masma
1999
as Qayınana
1988
as özü / Cənnət xala / Qəmər xanım / Qızbacı / Xeyransa arvad / Məryəm / satıcı / Cəhrə qarı
1987
as Mother (voice)
1986
as Sakina
1985
as Nasiba
1984
1983
as Gizbaji
1981
as Zeynab
1981
as Mardan's Mother
1980
1978
as Jannat
1978
as Grandmother
1977
as Kishvar
1974
as Nasiba Zeynalova
1974
as Sharabani
1973
as Sariyya
1970
as Meyransa
1969
as Sughra
1969
as Villager
1968
as Shahla Khanum
1964
as Zuleykha
1962
as Telli