Kenenbai Kozhabekov
Date of birth: 1928-03-03
Place of birth: Kaskelen, Kazakh ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Qaskeleng, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Кененбай Қожабеков, Кененбай Кожабеков, Kenenbai Kozhabekov
Biography
He was born on March 3, 1928, in the village of Aksengir. He graduated from the acting department of the Almaty Theater and Arts College in 1950. In 1949, he made his film debut with the role of the Chukchi Ayye in the movie Alitet Leaves for the Mountains, directed by Mark Donskoy. Donskoy had also selected other future prominent actors, including Nurmukhan Zhanturin (who played the role of Tumatughe) and Gulfayrus Ismailova. From 1950 to 1967, he performed on the stage of the Kazakh Theater for Young Audiences (Kazakh TЮZ). From 1958, he was an actor at the Kazakhfilm studio, where a documentary film about him, The Return of Kenenbay, was made in 1975. In the late 1960s, during a fight with bandits, he sustained a severe injury and became disabled. For the rest of his life, Kozhabekov was confined to a wheelchair, but he continued to act, mainly in episodic roles and those where walking was not required. The film The Wolf's Pit highlighted his acting skills, even though he was confined to a wheelchair.
Movie Credits
Trizna
1972-08-01
A rich young man follows the events of their wake of a dark sky before. And now however, it began wi
Keep Your Star
1975-01-01
The son of an old shepherd got married, and the young daughter-in-law Saltanat entered the family wi
Wolf Trap
1983-12-01
Samat is an orphan, and he strikes up a friendship with Musa, who is wheelchair bound due to illness
My Name Is Kozha
1963-12-28
A story about a funny boy named Kozha who always gets into troubles.
Alitet Leaves for the Hills
1950-04-10
Mark Donskoy went to the wilds of Siberia to film this Soviet movie about a community that resists t
Zhambyl
1953-05-25
The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhab
Dzhigit Girl
1955-06-27
Aidar and Galiya have long been in love with each other. Aidar works as a horse breeder, and Galiya
Lady Zhibek
1972-08-18
Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nat
Hey You, the Cowboys!
1975-05-12
About a group of schoolchildren from a Kazakh aul who swore to one another that they would win the i
An Unquiet Spring
1956-08-25
A comedy about Krushchev's 'Virgin Lands' project, to transform the barren and inhospitable spaces o
Turksib
1986-05-12
The year is 1929. The construction of a railway connecting Central Asia and Siberia is in full swing
The Messengers Hurry
1980-11-01
The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzunga
Мы из Семиречья
1959-09-21
One Night
1960-02-01
A Parable of Love
1975-01-01
This is a story of the noble emotions shared by two lovers.
If Each of Us
1962-01-15
Old shepherd Serkebai seeks a second lambing from his flock, but kolkhoz chairman Aisary, citing lac
Nesibeli
1986-01-01
A single woman, Nesibeli, raises her son and daughter without a husband. Despite the hardships, she
The Last Crossing
1981-01-01
The film takes place in 1926 on the southern borders of Kazakhstan. An OGPU search detachment, led b
It's Time for Ringing Heat
1980-08-01
The film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture.
Sultan Beybars
1989-08-19
The second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII c