Gurgen Gabrielyan was born on December 3, 1903 in Shushi, Russia [now Nagorno-Karabagh]. He was an actor and director, known for Krov za krov (1941), Araratyan dashti aghchike (1949) and Pepo (1935). He died on March 22, 1956 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].