Parvin Kheirbakhsh (Persian: پروین خیربخش) better known as Forouzan (Persian: فروزان; 9 August 1937 – 24 January 2016) was an Iranian actress, producer, and dubbing artist.

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Foruzan
Born	Parvin Kheyrbakhsh (1937-08-09)9 August 1937 Bandar Anzali, Imperial Iran
Died	24 January 2016(2016-01-24) (aged 78) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Actress, producer, dubbing artist
Years active	1963–1979
Children	1

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: فیلم فارسی). 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

Gallery

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

External links

• Forouzan at IMDb

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[ru] Фурузан