Foruzan | |
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فروزان | |
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| Born | Parvin Kheyrbakhsh 9 August 1937 |
| 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 (Persian: 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: فیلم فارسی). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979.
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]
