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Turkmenistan

Filmmaker · Turkmenistan

Alty Karliev

Died in 1973

Alty Karliev, Alty Garlyýew in Turkmen, was born on 6 January 1909 in Babadaýhan. Trained at the drama studio in Ashgabat and then in Baku, from which he graduated in 1931, he was an actor and stage director at the Ashgabat drama theatre. In cinema, his roles earned him two Stalin Prizes, in 1941 and in 1949; he headed the Turkmenfilm studio from 1956 to 1960 and turned to directing in 1957. People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1955, he died in Ashgabat on 11 December 1973.

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