As Actor
My Heart Is in the Highlands
1976
6.0
Azat Sherents
Acting
Birth date
April 4, 1913
Birth place
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR, [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Death date
December 25, 1993
Biography
Azat Armenaki Sherents (Armenian: Ազատ Արմենակի Շերենց; April 5, 1913 – December 25, 1993) was one of the first Armenian comedic actors. In 1931, he started his acting career on the stage of Sundukyan Drama Theater in Yerevan. In 1934–1937, he studied at the Armenian Theater Studio in Moscow. In 1937–1968, Sherents performed at the Leninakan Drama Theater. From 1968, he worked at Armenfilm studio, starring in a number of Armenian films until his death in 1993.
