Leyla Shikhlinskaya

Leila Farrukh gizi Shikhlinskaya is an Azerbaijani and Soviet actress, choreographer-teacher and professor. She earned a doctorate in art history, was awarded People's Artist of Azerbaijan. She was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR and the founder of the Leila Shikhlinskaya private clinic in Baku. She starred in such films as Arshin Mal Alan, The Day Passed and Dede Gorgud.