Yeleubai Umurzakov
Actor
Biography
Yelubai (Yeleubai) Umurzakov
Born on January 31, 1899
People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1931).
Since 1919, he began participating in performances of the amateur troupe “Red Caravan.”
From 1920 to 1923, he worked in the police in Kustanai while continuing to take part in performances and theater life.
In 1923, E. Umurzakov entered the Kazakh Institute of National Education “Kino.”
Since 1925, Umurzakov was a member of the Central Club of the All-Russian Youth Union of the Kazakh SSR, organized in Orenburg.
From 1925, he became an actor of the Kazakh Academic Drama Theater named after M. Auezov.
He appeared in films starting from 1938 (his first role was Amangeldy Imanov in the film “Amangeldy”).
He passed away on April 2, 1974, in Alma-Ata.
Filmography
The Night at 14th Parallel
1972
Rajchan
1940
Red Poppies of Issyk-Koul
1971
Songs of Abai
as Erden 1946
Beardless Deceiver
as Isa Baksy 1965
Amangeldy
1938
A Special Day
as аксакал 1972
Where the Edelweiss Blooms
as Баршамбек 1965
Road of a Thousand Miles
as Irimgali 1968
Where the Mountains are White
1973
White Square
as Bit part 1971
At the Foot of Naizatas
1969
Return to Earth
1959
Daughter of the Steppes
1954
Golden Horn
1948