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Armenian actress Metaksya Simonyan is one of the most original and most romantic USSR popular actresses of the Armenian theatre. Her main theme was the protection of women’s dignity and rights. Metaksya Simonyan is one of the most talent, successfully joyous Armenian actresses in the Armenian theatre.

Biography
Metaksya Simonyan was born in 1926 in Ashkhabad. In 1933 Metaksya Simonyan moved to Yerevan with her family. In 1948 she graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. In the same year she was invited to Sundukyan State Academic Theatre. Since 1968 she has taught at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia.

In the course of studying she has played successfuly joyous Katerina’s (Feodor Sologod’s “Penny Plucked”), thoughtful and loving Anani’s (Gabriel Sundukyan’s “Another Victim”) roles. The heroine of “Another Victim”, a bright, noble, handsome girl, Anani, is revolting against her friends and family, for the sake of the truth, for her and Michael’s pure and sincere love, but her complaint remains unanswered.

Among the first memorable roles are Armanush (Grigor Ter-Grigoryan’s “These Stars are Ours”, USSR State Prize, 1950), Nina (Mikhail Lermontov’s “Masquerade”, Arbenin, Vahram Papazian). Nina’s role was remarkable with charm and attraction, pure soul’s poetry.

Preferring the theme of fateful woman and her rights, Simonyan continued Arus Voskanyan and Ruzanna Vardanyan‘s traditions in the Armenian theatre. She also played the same role in the plays of Russian, Western European and Armenian authors, played comic, and tragic roles. Due to beautiful voice, great femininity and artistic fame, Metaksya Simonyan has been a leading actress for decades to create unforgettable characters.They are the followings: Shura (Maxim Gorky’s “Yegor Bulichov and Others”), Desdemona, Juliet, Cordelia (William Shakespeare’s Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear), Susan (Alexander Shirvanzade’s “Namus”) Then she played the roles of Hudit (Karl Gutzkow’s ” (Uriel Acosta), Noudar (Nairi Zarian’s “Ara Beautiful”), Catherine Leffier (Victorian Sardou and Madame San Jen of Ezezip Moro), Martha (Edward Albee’s “Who is afraid of Son of Wulf”, last role) and etc.

The Armenian actress also has embodied the character of Desdemona in “Othello” performance based on Shakespeare’s play. Madam San-Jen character,which was one of the most attractive characters of Mekatksya's. Characterizing the first steps of the actress, Grigor Zareyan wrote: “She did not survive the hard process of recognizing and evaluating her talent, she did not frustrate herself to win the heart of the feast with her will. Merely she did not have time or need for that. Everything seemed to happen without her will; everything started and continued in a spiritually enthusiastic upgrade.” At the height of her creative life, Simonyan played the role of Nastasia Philipovna (according to Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Idiot”), which is a unique personality as one of the characters in world literature. Nastasia Philipovna, the embodiment of the actress, was a jumble of controversy. Her character was marked by love and hatred, the enormity and the agony of the soul, the reconciliation and the rebellion, the honesty and the deceit. “I would like to see such a Nastasia Philipov in our theatre,” said Russian celebrity director Georgi Tovstonogov. "Namus" performance is based on Aleksandr Shirvanzade’s “Namus” poem, which tells about the tragic love of the young couple, Seyran and Susan, which has a tragic end because of patriarchal prejudice. Here Meaksya Simonyan played Susan’s role. Metaksia Simonyan has been shotted in cinema (Anahit, 1947, “A Girl From Ararat Valley”, 1949, “To Whom The Life Smiles”, 1957, “A Jump Over the Precipice” in 1959, “Waters Rise" “1962,” The Last Deed of Kamo“, 1973,” Hayfilm “,” Sayat-Nova “, 1960, TV movie, etc.). She also has recited poetry. She had a rich reputation of works written by East Armenian and Western Armenian writers. She has played on radio and television shows. Metaksya Simonyan has performed in Moscow, Baku, Tbilisi, Beirut, Damascus and elsewhere.

In 1949 Metaksya Simonyan has played in the episode of "A Girl From Ararat Valley". She also played in one of the episodes of the film "Whose smiles the life" In 1959 this marvelous Armenian actress palyed during one of the episodes of the film "Flying over the abyss" in 1959. Here Metaksya Simonyan has played in the film “Kamo’s last heroism” in 1973. Metaksya Simonyan has played Anahit’s role in the film “Sayat-Nova” in 1960. But, of course cinema only gave some opportunity to Metaksia to show her rich lyric talent. The focus of her abilities was the tragedy of lyricism, and she managed to implement only in the theatre. That is why the real estate of Metaksia became the theatre. Her destiny was formed so that the actress earned her real laurels in the theatre.

Filmography
Metaksya Simonyan is considered USSR popular artist and she has received the prize of Stalin's second degree. Metaksya’s all the Armenian characters were first of all spotted with delicacy, purity and lyricism. They were full of genuine honesty.
 * 1947 - Anahit (as Anahit)
 * 1949 - A Girl From Ararat Valley (as Anush)
 * 1955 - Looking of the Addressee (as Manush)
 * 1954 - Trifle (as Varduhi)
 * 1957 - To Whom the Life Smiles (as Zaruhi)
 * 1959 - Her Fantasy (as nurse)
 * 1959 - A Jump Over the Precipice (as Gayane)
 * 1960 - Sayat-Nova (as Anna)
 * 1962 - Waters Rise (as Arev)
 * 1970 - A Spring of Heghnar (Mkrtich's mother)
 * 1971 - Khatabala (in the episodes)
 * 1973 - The Last Deed of Kamo (as Arsha)
 * 1979 - The Best Man (in the episodes)

All the characters of Metaksya Simonyan, which she embodied, were full of purity and honesty. Metaksya Simonyan proudly looks at her richly rewarded way. On this way, new, interesting meetings, discoveries are waiting for her. She lives on the stage, she is upset, and then loves, hates. And the audience together with her becomes sad, loves, hates, cherishes in her soul, calling its own Metaksya.

All her characters were full of subtle lyrical sentiments. Once she said, that underneath the outer beauty and tenderness of my heroine is a great, strong soul. The Armenian actress was very beautiful and attractive, especially her eyes. The audience was very fond of her. The Armenian actress was lucky in the theater, although in some roles the filmmakers relied on her attractive appearance. They were mainly lyrical heroines, united, identical, innocent characters that did not add anything to her artistic portrait. And film directors, giving tribute to the vibrant theory of continuous “pursuit” cinema, emphasized the actress’s exterior shine and beauty. Metaksya Simonyan acted in contemporary and classic, national and foreign plays, playing everything as though they were the borders of dramatic amplitude, characteristic, and even comedic. She was also reciting. Once she said: “Poetry is a form of expression, I love this genre. Poetry needs people, while listening to a good poetry rises their mood, poetry enriches the soul. Sometimes a poem says more than a single performance.” Whether people understood Metaksya Simonyan in her surroundings, in the theater environment, hard to say. One thing was certain. She was one of her generation’s unique actresses who played her roles. Everybody was upset, that she left the stage for a while … Metaksya Simonyan died in 1987. Data on her death is unknown. Metaksya Simonyan was really the “Queen of the stage”…After the death of the actress that crown of the queen has not found worthy of us yet.

Performances at the theatre
Famous actors about Metaksya Simonyan

Actor Vahram Papazyan said: “Metaksya has many ways of expressing, but the best I think is the richness of her voice, which is not only colorful and enthusiastic in her lips, but also reaches the hall full of the inner world of the actress.”

Metaksya Simonyan is considered as the “Queen of the stage” Gurgen Janibekyan said: “Metaksya Simonyan’s nature has given a charming outer appearance, a laugh, a strong sense of lyricism. Her roles are charming, eye-catching.”

Kate character in "The island of Aphrodite" performance. The nature was really extravagant to Metaksya. she was gentle, charming, exquisite, laced with sophisticated voice,and prizes with her wise name, becoming a masterpiece.