Sophia Chiaureli ( ; 21 May 1937 &ndash; 2 March 2008 ) , professionally known as Sofiko Chiaureli , was a Soviet Georgian actress . Thought to be the muse of filmmaker Sergei Parajanov , she played a significant role in the 20th century Georgian theater and was associated with the country 's two most prominent theaters , the Rustaveli Theatre ( 1964 – 1968 ) and Marjanishvili Theatre ( 1960 – 1964 , 1968 – 2008 ) . Sofiko Chiaureli was born in Tbilisi . Her parents were the film director Mikheil Chiaureli and the actress Veriko Anjaparidze . She graduated from the All-Russian Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and moved back to Tbilisi . In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival
9th Moscow International Film Festival
9th Moscow International Film Festival
Sofiko Chiaureli