Perouz Artin Kalfayan ( ar, بيروز آرتين كالفيان, 15 March 1943 – 30 January 2016), better known as Feyrouz or Fayrouz, was an Egyptian film
child actress
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated ...
.
Kalfayan was born in
Cairo, Egypt, on 15 March 1943, to an
Armenian Egyptian family, her ancestors fled Ottoman persecution and settled in Egypt. Her sister,
Nelly Kalfaian, also entered the entertainment industry. Her birth name, Perouz, was an Armenian name, likely a form of
Feyrouz. She began her acting career very young, making her debut at the age of 7 in the 1950 film Yasmine. Egyptian director
Anwar Wagdi
Anwar Wagdi or Wagdy ( ar, أنور وجدي, ; 11 October 1904 – 14 May 1955), born Anwar Wagdi Yehia El Fattal, was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter, director and producer.
Life
Anwar was born in the Cairo district of El Daher, Cairo. His ...
was helpful to her in her career. She ultimately retired from acting at 15, in 1959, to wed comedian Badreddine Gamgoum ( ar, بدر الدين جمجوم). The couple had two children together, Iman and Ayman.
Filmography
* 1950: ''Yasmine'' (ياسمين)
* 1951: ''Feyrouz Hanem'' (فيروز هانم)
* 1952: ''Al Hirman'' (الحرمان)
* 1952: ''Sourat az Zafaf'' (صورة الزفاف)
* 1953: ''
Dahab
Dahab ( arz, دهب, , "gold") is a small Egyptian town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh. Formerly a Bedouin fishing village, Dahab is now considered to be one of Egypt's most tre ...
'' (دهب)
* 1955: ''Asafir el Ganna'' (عصافير الجنة)
* 1957: ''Ismail Yassine Tarazaan'' (إسماعيل يس طرزان)
* 1958: ''Iyyami as Sa'eeda'' (أيامي السعيدة)
* 1958: ''Ismail Yassine lil Beih (اسماعيل يس للبيع)
* 1959: ''Bafakkar fi lli Naseeni'' (بفكر قي اللى ناسينى) (her last role)
Awards
* In 2001, she was honored with "Lifetime Achievement Award" in Cairo Film Festival.
References
External links
*
Bio in Arabic of Fayrouz and her sisters
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Actresses from Cairo
Egyptian Christians
20th-century Egyptian actresses
Egyptian people of Armenian descent
1943 births
2016 deaths
Egyptian film actresses