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- Birth nameNatalia Andronikashvili
- Real name Nato Andronikashvili. Mother was Polish. Her father came from an old noble family which has roots from last Byzantine Emperors. She was the megastar of the Soviet screen in the twenties and thirties. Studio Sakhkinmretsvi gave her almost Hollywood splendor and glamour. Her name was on the top of billboards and magazines, and her photos were on the first pages of papers. Red producers created a legend which broke box-offices. It helped studio Sakhkinmretsvi to become the biggest for those days in the Soviet Union. First marriage with aristocrat Merab Vachnadze. Second marriage with director Nikoloz Shengelaya, with whom she formed the first film family of former USSR before Andjaparidze - Chiaureli, Orlova - Aleksandrov and Makarova - Gerasimov appeared. Later, her two sons marriages (They are both directors and were married to actresses, Eldar Shengelaia to Ariadna Shengelaia and Giorgi Shengelaia to Sofiko Chiaureli) made the family one of the most powerful in the film industry of USSR. Older son Tengiz Vachnadze was an architect;- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesAnatoly Kacharava(? - June 14, 1953) (her death)Nikoloz Shengelaia(? - January 4, 1943) (his death, 2 children)Merab Vachnadze (divorced)
- Children
- Birth name Nato Andronikashvili. Mother was Polish. Her father came from an old noble family, which has roots from last Byzantine Emperors. She was a mega star of Soviet screen in the twenties and thirties. Studio Sakhkinmretsvi gave her almost Hollywood splendor and glamor. Her name was on top of billboards and on first pages of papers, her photos on the cover of magazines. Red producers created a legend that broke box-offices. It helped studio Sakhkinmretsvi to become one of the biggest for those days in Soviet Union.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 28, a son Eldar Shengelaia on January 26, 1933. Child's father is her now late 2nd husband, Nikoloz Shengelaia.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 32, a son Giorgi Shengelaia on May 11, 1937. Child's father is her now late 2nd husband, Nikoloz Shengelaia.
- Kira Andronikashvili was her sister.
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