Azar Hekmat Shoar (;

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Azar Taj Dehghani Azar; 1935–1974) was an Iranian actress of cinema and theatre. She appeared in some 20 Iranian films in the 1960s.

Biography

Azar Hekmat Shoar was born as Azar Taj Dehghani Azar in 1935 in Tabriz, Imperial State of Persia. Her acting career began in 1958 in the Iranian theater with the musical

Khosrow and Shirin Khosrow and Shirin ( fa, خسرو و شیرین) is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love ...

. She entered cinema in 1961 by acting in the film, "When the Sun Goes Down" which was never released. Her husband opposed to her acting in the cinema. She died in 1974 at the age of 39 in Tehran, due to a car accident. Her younger brother Dariush Dehghani Azar was a high-ranking police officer and commander of the Nima Guard, who was executed in 1983 for conspiracy against the

Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Filmography

* 1961, ', directed by

Siamak Yasemi Siamak Yasemi ( fa, سیامک یاسمی; June 1925 – 31 May 1994) was an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as suc ...

* 1962, ', directed by * 1963, ', directed by * 1963, ''

Pretty Foe ''Pretty Foe'' ( fa, اهریمن زیبا, lit=demonic and beautiful, translit=Ahriman-e Ziba) is a 1963 Iranian '' Persian-genre'' romance drama film directed by Esmail Koushan. It starred Azar Hekmat Shoar, Ali Azad ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭ ...

'', directed by

Esmail Koushan Esmail Koushan ''or Kooshan'' ( fa, اسماعیل کوشان) (1917–1981) was an Iranian film director who was one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. He has been called "the father of the Iranian film industry" by Georges Sadoul. Koush ...

* 1963, ', directed by Aramais Aghamalian * 1965, ', directed by * 1965, ', directed by Khosrow Parvizi * 1965, ', directed by Ahmad Safaei * 1965, ', directed by * 1965, ', directed by Hamid Mojtahedi * 1966, ', directed by

Iraj Ghaderi Iraj Ghaderi ( fa, ایرج قادری‎; 17 April 1934 – 6 May 2012) was an Iranian film director and actor. He briefly studied to become a pharmacist, but soon dropped out. He died in Tehran on 6 May 2012, aged 77. Life Iraj Ghaderi ...

* 1966, ', directed by

Samuel Khachikian Samuel Khachikian ( hy, Սամուէլ Խաչիկեան ; fa, ساموئل خاچیکیان; October 21, 1923 – October 22, 2001) was an Demographics of Iran, Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor of Armenians, Armenian ...

* 1966, ', directed by

* 1966, ', directed by * 1968, ', directed by * 1968, ', directed by * 1968, ', directed by

Robert Ekhart Robert Ekhart ( hy, Ռոբերտ Էքհարթ; 1935, in Tabriz – 1994, in Los Angeles) was an Iranian, film director, and editor-in-chief. Biography Ekhart born in Tabriz to a German father and Armenian mother. His father was a factory owner in ...

and * 1968, ', directed by

* 1968, ', directed by

* 1969, ', directed by Mehdi Reisfirooz

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* 1935 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Iranian actresses Actresses from Tehran Film people from Tabriz Iranian actresses Iranian film actresses {{Iran-actor-stub