Yeleubai Umurzakov
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.
Top Filmography
The Land of Our Fathers
1966 // MOVIE
The Night at 14th Parallel
1972 // MOVIE
Rajchan
1940 // MOVIE
Red Poppies of Issyk-Koul
1971 // MOVIE
Songs of Abai
1946 // MOVIE
Beardless Deceiver
1965 // MOVIE
Amangeldy
1938 // MOVIE
A Special Day
1972 // MOVIE
Where the Edelweiss Blooms
1965 // MOVIE
Road of a Thousand Miles
1968 // MOVIE
Where the Mountains are White
1973 // MOVIE
White Square
1971 // MOVIE
At the Foot of Naizatas
1969 // MOVIE
Return to Earth
1959 // MOVIE
Daughter of the Steppes
1954 // MOVIE