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{{short description|Iranian actor and film director}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = '''Arman'''
| name = Arman (Aramais Vardan Hovsepian)
| native_name =
| native_name = Arman
| native_name_lang =
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| image =
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| birth_name = Aramais Vardani Hovsepian
| birth_name = Aramais Vardani Hovsepian
| other_names = Aramais Vartan Yousefians
| other_names =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|2|21|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|2|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tabriz]], [[Iran]]
| birth_place = [[Tabriz]], [[Qajar Iran|Iran]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|8|18|1921|2|21|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|8|8|1921|2|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
| death_place = [[Barcelona]], Spain
| resting_place = [[Nor Burastan Cemetery|Burastan Cemetery]], [[Khavaran, Tehran|Khavaran]], [[Tehran]]
| death_cause =
| nationality = [[Iranian Armenian]]
| nationality = [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]]
| occupation = [[actor]], [[film director]], and [[Film producer|producer]]
| occupation = [[Actor]], [[Film director|director]]
| years_active = 1953-1980
| years_active = 1952–1980
| partner = Zhenik
| spouse = Zhenik Hovsepian - Mirzoian
| children = one daughter (Lorik Minassian) and three sons
| children = 4 (including [[:fa:لوریک میناسیان|Lorik Minassian]])
}}
}}


'''Arman Afifeh''' ({{lang-hy|Արման}}; {{lang-fa|آرمان}}; born 21 February 2001), was an [[Iranian Armenian]] [[actor]], [[film director]], and [[Film producer|producer]].
'''Aramais Vardani Hovsepian''' ([[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Արամայիս Վարդանի Հովսեփյան), known as '''Arman Hovsepian''' ({{lang-fa|آرمان هوسپیان}}; February 21, 1921 – August 8, 1980) was an [[Iranian Armenian]] [[actor]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
He was born '''Aramais Vardani Hovsepian''' ({{lang-hy|Արամայիս Վարդանի Հովսեփյան}}; {{lang-fa|آرامائیس وارطانی هُوسپیان}}), on 21 February 1921 in [[Tabriz]]. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a major 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 distinctive actors of the 1950s and 1960s [[Cinema of Iran|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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sayyed Morteza Sayyed Mohammadi |title=A Guide To Iranian Cinema Directors 1930-1999|url= |year=1999|publisher=Simroo Publishing House|location=Tehran|isbn=978-964-5685-35-3|volume=|pages=3–5|editor=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Armenians And Iranian Cinema|url= |year=Summer 2004|publisher=Film Museum Of Iran |location=Tehran|isbn=978-964-6728-44-8|volume=|pages=98|editor=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians |author= Janet D. Lazarian|year=2003|publisher=Hirmand Publisher |location=Tehran|isbn=978-964-6974-50-0|volume=|pages=418|editor=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138205182020/ |title= Iranian Movie Database: آرمان ميناسيان
He was born '''Aramais Vardan Hovsepian''' ({{lang-hy|Արամայիս Վարդան Յովսէփեան}}; {{lang-fa|آرامائیس وارطان هُوسپیان}}), on 21 February 1921 in [[Tabriz]]. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a major 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 distinctive actors of the 1950s and 1960s [[Cinema of Iran|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 8, 1980, at the age 59 in Barcelona and was buried at ''Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery'' in Tehran.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sayyed Morteza Sayyed Mohammadi |title=A Guide To Iranian Cinema Directors 1930-1999|year=1999|publisher=Simroo Publishing House|location=Tehran|isbn=978-964-5685-35-3|pages=3–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Armenians And Iranian Cinema|date=Summer 2004|publisher=Film Museum Of Iran |location=Tehran|isbn=978-964-6728-44-8|pages=98}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians |author= Janet D. Lazarian|year=2003|publisher=Hirmand Publisher |location=Tehran|isbn=978-964-6974-50-0|pages=418}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138205182020/ |title= Iranian Movie Database: آرمان ميناسيان
|publisher=sourehcinema |access-date=3 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142405/http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138205182020%2F |archivedate=24 September 2015 }}</ref>
|publisher=sourehcinema |access-date=3 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142405/http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138205182020%2F |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
[[File:GanjeQarun.jpg|thumbnail|Croesus' Treasure (1965),]]
[[File:GanjeQarun.jpg|thumbnail|''Croesus' Treasure'' (1965)]]
[[File:Aros darya.jpg|thumbnail|The Bride of the Sea (1965), first from right]]
[[File:Aros darya.jpg|thumbnail|Arman in ''The Bride of the Sea'' (1965), first from right]]


* 1980 Crossing the Night
* 1980 Crossing the Night
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[[Category:Film people from Tabriz]]
[[Category:Iranian Armenian people]]
[[Category:Iranian people of Armenian descent]]
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[[Category:1921 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Iranian male actors]]
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[[Category:Iranian expatriates in Spain]]

Latest revision as of 06:25, 12 April 2024

Arman (Aramais Vardan Hovsepian)
Arman
Born
Aramais Vardani Hovsepian

(1921-02-21)21 February 1921
Tabriz, Iran
Died8 August 1980(1980-08-08) (aged 59)
Barcelona, Spain
Resting placeBurastan Cemetery, Khavaran, Tehran
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1952–1980
SpouseZhenik Hovsepian - Mirzoian
Children4 (including Lorik Minassian)

Aramais Vardani Hovsepian (Armenian: Արամայիս Վարդանի Հովսեփյան), known as Arman Hovsepian (Persian: آرمان هوسپیان; February 21, 1921 – August 8, 1980) was an Iranian Armenian actor.

Biography

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He was born Aramais Vardan Hovsepian (Armenian: Արամայիս Վարդան Յովսէփեան; Persian: آرامائیس وارطان هُوسپیان), on 21 February 1921 in Tabriz. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a major 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 distinctive actors of the 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 8, 1980, at the age 59 in Barcelona and was buried at Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery in Tehran.[1][2][3][4]

Filmography

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Croesus' Treasure (1965)
Arman in The Bride of the Sea (1965), first from right
  • 1980 Crossing the Night
  • 1979 Goft har se nafareshan
  • 1975 Mamal Amricayi
  • 1975 Night of Foreigners
  • 1974 The Compromise
  • 1972 Ghadir
  • 1972 The Spring (TV movie)
  • 1971 For Whom the Hearts Beat
  • 1971 Jan-sakht
  • 1970 Ghesseye shab-e Yalda
  • 1970 Wrath of Eagles
  • 1970 Leyli and Majnoon
  • 1969 Pesaran-e Gharoon
  • 1968 Charkh-E-Bazigar
  • 1968 Poli be sooye behesht
  • 1966 Rebellion
  • 1966 Shamsi pahlevoon
  • 1965 Croesus' Treasure
  • 1965 The Bride of the Sea (also director)
  • 1964 The Devil Is Knocking
  • 1964 The Humans
  • 1964 The Strike
  • 1963 Highway of Death
  • 1962 Anxiety
  • 1961 The Bum
  • 1961 The Midnight Terror
  • 1958 Storm in Our Town
  • 1955 The Crossroad of Events
  • 1955 Blood and Honor
  • 1953 A Girl From Shiraz

References

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  1. ^ Sayyed Morteza Sayyed Mohammadi (1999). A Guide To Iranian Cinema Directors 1930-1999. Tehran: Simroo Publishing House. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-964-5685-35-3.
  2. ^ Armenians And Iranian Cinema. Tehran: Film Museum Of Iran. Summer 2004. p. 98. ISBN 978-964-6728-44-8.
  3. ^ Janet D. Lazarian (2003). Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Hirmand Publisher. p. 418. ISBN 978-964-6974-50-0.
  4. ^ "Iranian Movie Database: آرمان ميناسيان". sourehcinema. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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