Arman (Aramais Vardan Hovsepian) | |
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| Born | Aramais Vardani Hovsepian 21 February 1921 |
| Died | 8 August 1980 (aged 59) Barcelona, Spain |
Resting place | Burastan Cemetery, Khavaran, Tehran |
| Occupations | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1952–1980 |
| Spouse | Zhenik Hovsepian - Mirzoian |
| Children | 4 (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.
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.
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