Forouzan

Forouzan
Forouzan
فروزان
Born	Parvin Kheyrbakhsh; 9 August 1937; Bandar Anzali, Iran
Died	24 January 2016 (aged 78); Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Actress, Producer, Voice actress
Years active	1963–1979
Children	1

Parvin Kheirbakhsh (Persian: پروین خیربخش), better known as Forouzan (فروزان; 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 Ganj-e Qarun, 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: فیلمفارسی). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979.

Biography

Forouzan 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]

Partial filmography

1963: Sahele entezar - Maryam
1964: The Humans - Goli
1964: The Pleasures of Sin - Sahar
1965: Gate of Fate
1965: Darvazehe taghdir
1965: The Bride of the Sea - Maryam
1965: Croesus' Treasure - Ganjeh Gharoon
1965: Dah saye khatarnak - Sepideh
1966: Shookhi nakon delkhor misham - Assal
1966: Shamsi pahlevoon - Shamsi
1966: Hashem khan - Mina
1966: Farar az haghighat
1967: Valley of Death
1967: Haft shahr-e eshgh
1967: Gohar-e shab-cheragh
1967: Dalahoo - Arezoo
1968: Shokoh-e-javanmardi
1968: Yusuf ile Züleyha - Züleyha
1968: The Dragon Gorge
1968: Tahran macerasi
1968: Setare-ye haft-asemoon
1968: Ghoroube botparastan
1968: The Daughter of the King of Fairies
1968: Charkh-E-Bazigar
1968: Chahar darvish
1968: Bazee-e Eshgh
1968: Separate beds
1968: It's Written in the Stars
1969: Tak-khal
1969: Shar-ashoob
1969: Setare-ye foroozan
1969: Mojeze-ye ghalbha
1969: Malek-e doozakh
1969: A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight
1969: Büyük yemin
1969: The Great Oath - Firuzan
1970: Mardi az jonoob-e shahr - Atash
1970: Sogoli
1970: Ram karadan-e mard-e vahshi
1970: Raghaseye shahr - Pari
1970: Jafar var Golnar - Golnar
1970: Bride of Bianca
1971: Ayyoob - Shahin / Maryam / Shirin
1971: Baba Shamal - Shokat-ol-molook
1971: Khosghel-e mahalle - Nazi
1971: Heydar - Aghdas
1971: Badnaam - Badri
1971: Atashpare-ye shahr
1972: Zafar
1972: Sahere
1972: Mikhak-e sefid
1972: Khaterkhah
1972: Ghalandar - Eshrat
1972: The Dagger - Banafsheh
1973: Parizad
1973: Nakhoda - Darya
1975: Gharar-e bozorg - Shirin
1976: Khodahafez koochooloo
1977: The Cycle - Zahra
1977: Back and Dagger - Pari (final film role)

Gallery

Shining Star is a 1969 Persian-genre drama film directed by Assadolah Soleymanifar and starring Forouzan.
Forouzan on the cover page of Persian weekly Ettelaat Haftegi, 1971
Forouzan in 1975.jpg