Sofiko Chiaureli was born on May 21, 1937 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia] as Sofiko Michailovna Chiaureli. She was an actress, known for The Color of Pomegranates (1969), Rats ginakhavs, vegar nakhav (1965) and Melodies of the Vera Quarter (1973). She was married to Kote Makharadze and Giorgi Shengelaia. She died on March 2, 2008 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Sofiko Chiaureli
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Fun Facts
Her favorite filmmaker Sergei Parajanov cast her in all his films since the 1968 masterpiece The Color of Pomegranates, the favorite film of Parajanov's best friend Mikhail Vartanov whose film Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) also features Sofiko Chiaureli.
Daughter of Mikheil Chiaureli and Veriko Anjaparidze.
Former sister-in-law of Eldar Shengelaia.
Mother of Nikusha Shengelaia.
Attended the French premiere of Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) along with Jean Vigo's daughter Luce Vigo and Jean Carzou's son Jean-Marie Carzou [March 2007]