Dodo Chichinadze, leading actress at the Kote Marjanishvili Drama Theatre, has died. She was 85.
In a career that goes back to 1945, Dodo Chichinadze played many memorable roles in Georgian films such as “Davit Guramishvili,” “The Suspended Song,” “The Cricket,” “Bashi Achuki” and others. She played the character of Maria in the Hagen Keller written and directed short drama “Djen prischjol” as recently as 2004. The film was nominated for a German Camera Award. A few months ago the municipal government of Tbilisi created a star for her outside the Rustaveli Theatre.
