Forouzan

Foruzan
Born Parvin Kheyrbakhsh
(1937-08-09)9 August 1937
Bandar Anzali, Iran
Died 24 January 2016(2016-01-24) (aged 78)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupation Actress, Producer, Dubbing artist
Years active 1963–1979
Website http://www.facebook.com/ForouzanActress

Forouzan (Persian: Foruzān); (9 August 1937 – 24 January 2016) was an Iranian actress, producer, and dubbing artist.

She started her cinematic career as a voice-over actress. In 1964 she starred in Siamak Yasemi's Sāhele Entezār, but it was Ganje Qārun, another film by Yasemi, that made her very famous. She co-starred in this film with Fardin. After Ganj-e Qarun Fardin and Forouzan made a golden cinematic couple and co-starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the era, known as Persian Films or Film Farsi (in Persian: Filme Fārsi). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979.

Biography

Forouzan (also spelled Foroozan) was born on 9 August 1937 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. She started her career by dubbing films. Her first movie was Sahel-e Entezar. She acted in many popular Iranian films and also worked with visionary directors of the Mowj-e Now, such as Dariush Mehrjui (Dayere-ye Mina) and Ali Hatami (Baba Shamal).[1]

Siamak Yasemi, Iraj Ghaderi, Shapur Gharib and Fereydun Goleh were some of the other famous directors that she collaborated with.[1]

After the 1979 revolution Forouzan was banned from playing in movies and grew more and more isolated. She rarely conducted interviews and died on 24 January 2016 in Tehran. [2]

After Forouzan's death, Persian-language websites and forums dedicated posts and articles in her memory. Her popularity remained intact despite not having acted in a new film since 1978.[3]

Filmography

  • 1978 The Cycle as Zahra
  • 1977 Back and Dagger as Pari
  • 1972 Ghalandar as Eshrat
  • 1972 The dagger as Banafsheh
  • 1971 Ayyoob
  • 1971 Badnaam as Badri
  • 1971 Baba Shamal as Shokat-ol-molook
  • 1970 Bride of Bianca
  • 1970 Jafar and Golnar
  • 1970 Raghaseye shahr as Pari
  • 1969 A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight
  • 1969 The Great Oath (as Firuzan)
  • 1968 Charkh-E-Bazigar
  • 1968 Ghoroube botparastan
  • 1968 It's Written in the Stars
  • 1968 Love Game
  • 1968 Separate beds
  • 1968 The daughter of the king of fairies
  • 1968 The Dragon Gorge
  • 1967 Valley of Death
  • 1966 Farar az haghighat
  • 1966 Hashem khan
  • 1966 Shamsi pahlevoon as Shamsi
  • 1965 Croesus' Treasure ( Ganjeh Gharoon)
  • 1965 The Bride of the Sea
  • 1965 Gate of Fate
  • 1964 The Pleasures of Sin
  • 1964 The Humans as Goli

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 Jahed, Parviz. "فروزان؛ ستاره‌ای خاموش می‌شود". BBC Persian. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "فروزان، ستاره سینمای پیش از انقلاب ایران درگذشت". BBC Persian. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. Payvand News. "Forouzan, Persian film star in Pahlavi era, passes away in Tehran". Payvand. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

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