“Vachnadze, Nato”. Dictionary of the Georgian National Biography. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

VACHNADZE, NATO (1904-1953). One of the finest Georgian actresses, Vachnadze was born into a Georgian noble family of Andronikashvili in Warsaw (Poland) and began her acting in 1923, when the director of the newly established Goskinprom film studio noticed her photograph in Tbilisi. Her first two movies – Mamis mkvleli and Arsena qachaghi proved to be successful and launched her movie career. By the 1930s, she emerged as one of the brightest stars of the Soviet screen and among her various awards were the titles of People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR (1941) and Honorary Artist of the RSFSR, three Orders of the Red Banner of Labor and the Stalin Prize (1941). Her life tragically ended in a plane crush in June 1953.

Filmography:

• Mtsvervalta dampkrobni (1952, Russian title: Pokoriteli vershin)
• Qeto da Kote (1948)
• Akakis akvani (1947, Russian title: Kolybel poeta)
• Is kidev dabrundeba (1943; Russian title: On eshchyo vernyotsa)
• Qajana (1941)
• Qalishvili khidobnidan (1940)
• Samshoblo (1939, Russian title: Rodina)
• Narindjis veli (1937, Russian title: Zolotistaya dolina)
• Arsena (1937)
• Ukanaskneli maskaradi (1934, Russian title: Posledniy maskarad
• Ukanaskneli djvarosnebi (1934, Russian title: Poslednie krestonostsi)
• Zheleznaya brigada (1931)
• Kvartaly predmetsya (1930)
• Zhivoy trup (1929)
• Krazana (1928)
• Giuli (1927)
• Amoki (1927; Russian title: Amok, zakon i dolg)
• Natela (1926)
• Vin aris damnashave? (1925, Russian title: Naezdnik iz Wild West)
• Tsarsulis sashinelebani(1925)
• Tariel mklavadzis mkvlelobis saqme (1925, Russian title: Delo ob ubiystve Tariela Mklavadze; Geroy nashego vremeni)
• Sami sitsotskhle (1924, Russian title: Tri zhizni)
• Mamis mkvleli (1923, Russian title: U pozornogo stolba)
• Arsena qachaghi (1923, Russian title: Razboynik Arsen)