Annik Shefrazian

Annik Shefrazian
Born 1909 or 1910
Isfahan, Iran
Died 1996
Kahrizak, Tehran
Cause of death Iranian Armenian
Occupation Film and Television Actress

Annik Shefrazian (Armenian: Աննիկ Շաֆրազեան) was Iranian Armenian Film and Television Actress.

Biography

Born in 1909 or 1910 in New Julfa, Isfahan. She followed the advice of her sister-in-law, a stage artist, to join theater groups and played bit parts with them touring Abadan, before landing her debut in Samuel Khachikian's The Stroke in 1964, she moved to Tehran and made acquaintance with Khachikian and Arman, and found her way into Armenian show groups. In 1968 Khachikian referred to her another role in The White Hell, which later led to winning character parts in vereran dirctors' films. Her films include The Coachman (Nosrat Karimi, 1971), Prince Ehtejab (Bahman Farmanara, 1974), The Chess of the Wind (Mohammadreza Asalni, 1977), The Crow (Bahram Bayzai, 1978) and Hamoun (Dariush Mehrjui, 1990). She won the Crystal Symorgh at Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Land of Dreams (Majid Qarizade) in 1988. She died at Kahrizak nursing home in Tehran in 1996.[1][2][3] [4]

Filmography

References

  1. Armenians And Iranian Cinema. Tehran: Film Museum Of Iran. Summer 2004. p. 85. ISBN 964-6728-44-8.
  2. Andranik Hovian (2002). Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Center for International Cultura. p. 320. ISBN 9643630072.
  3. "Iranian Movie DataBase آنیک شفرازیان". sourehcinema. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. Janet D. Lazarian (2003). Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Hirmand Publisher. p. 414. ISBN 964-6974-50-3.

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