Yervand Manaryan ( hy, Երվանդ Մանարյան; September 20, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an
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 ...
ian-born
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
actor.
Manaryan was born in
Arak, Iran in 1924 in a family from
Agulis,
Nakhichevan. In 1946 his family repatriated to Soviet Armenia along with thousands of other Iranian Armenians. He was an
atheist.
The actor was a member of the
Armenian National Congress
The Armenian National Congress ( hy, italic=yes, Հայ Ազգային Կոնգրես, translit=Hay Azgayin Kongres) is an Armenian political party led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and formed in 2008. Its direct predecessor was the P ...
of former President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...
.
Manaryan died in February 2020, aged 95.
Filmography
According to
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
*''Karine'' (1969)
*''Morgan's Relative'' (1970)
*''Chaos'' (1974)
*''A Bride from the North'' (1975)
*''Priekhali na konkurs povara...'' (1977)
*''Arevik'' (1978)
*''Captain Arakel'' (1986)
*''Comrade Panjuni'' (1992)
*''Le piano'' (2011)
*''Garegin Nzhdeh'' (2013)
Awards
*
Honored Artist of Armenia (2003)
* Artavazd Award of the UTEA (2005)
* Honorary Citizen of Yerevan (2019)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manaryan, Yervand
1924 births
2020 deaths
20th-century Armenian male actors
Iranian people of Armenian descent
Iranian emigrants to the Soviet Union
People from Arak, Iran
21st-century Armenian male actors
Armenian atheists
Armenian male film actors
People from Nakhchivan