Arman (actor)

Arman
Born Aramais Hovsepian
(1921-02-21)21 February 1921
Tabriz, Iran
Died 18 August 1980(1980-08-18) (aged 59)
Barcelona, Spain
Nationality Iranian Armenian
Occupation actor, film director, and producer
Years active 1953-1980
Partner(s) Zhenik
Children one daughter and three sons

Arman (Armenian: Արման, 21 February 1921 – 18 August 1980), was an Iranian Armenian actor, film director, and producer

Biography

He was born Aramais Hovsepian (Armenian: Արամայիս Հովսեփյան), on 21 February 1921 in Tabriz. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a serous role in Namus in 1940 and entered nonprofessional theater. He moved to Tehran in 1954 and joined the theater group of Ararat Club and worked with celebrities like Joseph Vaezian, Samuel Khachikian, and Aramais Aghamalian. He made his first screen debut in Khachikian's first film, The Return (1953), and opted to act mainly in his following pictures: A Girl from Shiraz, Crossroads of Incidents, Blood and Grace, Storm in Our Town, A Cry at Midnight, and Apprehension. Arman was one of the few distinctive actors of 1950s and 1960s Iranian Cinema, and the brand of characters he portrayed was mostly rich people gone bankrupt or confronted with serious problems. He tried his hand in directing and producing films with Bride of the Sea in 1965 and raised his production to five. The Tenant (1972) was another movie he directed, produced, and played. He was also the actor and producer of two films by Mohammad Deljou and Amir Mojahed: Cronies (1974) and The Night of the Loners (1975). He died on August 18, 1980 at the age 59 in Barcelona and was buried at Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery in Tehran.[1][2][3][4]

Filmography

Croesus' Treasure (1965),
The Bride of the Sea (1965), first from right

References

  1. ↑ Sayyed Morteza Sayyed Mohammadi (1999). A Guide To Iranian Cinema Directors 1930-1999. Tehran: Simroo Publishing House. pp. 3–5. ISBN 964-5685-35-4.
  2. ↑ Armenians And Iranian Cinema. Tehran: Film Museum Of Iran. Summer 2004. p. 98. ISBN 964-6728-44-8.
  3. ↑ Janet D. Lazarian (2003). Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Hirmand Publisher. p. 418. ISBN 964-6974-50-3.
  4. ↑ . sourehcinema http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138205182020/. Retrieved 3 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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