Claim: Gregorian film actress Natalia "Nato" Vachnadze started her career in the silent-film era and has earned the title of People's Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Stalin prize.
Evidence: Natalia "Nato" Vachnadze (Georgian: ნატო ვაჩნაძე), born Natalia Andronikashvili (Georgian: ნატო ანდრონიკაშვილი), (14 June 1904 – 14 June 1953) was a Georgian film actress. She started her career in the silent film era, usually playing the screen character of an Ingénue, an innocent and passionate young woman. One of the first film stars of the Soviet Union she received numerous honors, including the title of People's Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Stalin prize.