P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Usmonova, Oydina

Tajik actor Oydina Yahioevna Usmonova was born in Samarqand on

January 10, 1928. She began her acting career early in her youth.

In 1944, Usmonova was accepted by the Pushkin Music and Drama

Theater of Leninabad. Between 1944 and 1949, she worked at the Aini

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State Theater for Opera and Ballet. In 1949, she returned to Leninabad

and continued her acting career at the Pushkin Music and Drama Thea-

ter of Leninabad. The roles she created include Desdemona in Otello

(Othello), by Shakespeare; Larisa in Dukhtari Bi Jihoz (Girl Without a

Dowry), by A. N. Ostrovskii; Modar in Shahlo (Shahla), by A. Shukuhi

and H. Askar; and others.

Usmonova became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1964. She was

the recipient of the 100

th

 Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize and the

Red Banner of Courage.

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