Piruz Sarkis Artin Galfayan (; ; 15 March 1943 – 30 January 2016), known in Egypt as Feyrouz or Fayruz (), was an Egyptian film
child actress
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated te ...
.
Piruz was born in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
in a family of
Armenian descent on 15 March 1943. Her sister
Nelli also entered the entertainment industry. 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 (, ; 11 October 1904 – 14 May 1955), born Anwar Wagdi Yehia Elfattal, was an Egyptians, Egyptian actor, screenwriter, Film director, director and Film producer, producer.
Life
Anwar was born in the Cairo district of Daher, Egypt, ...
was helpful to her in her career. She ultimately retired from acting at 15, in 1959, to wed comedian Badreddine Gamgoum (). The couple had two children together, Iman and Ayman.
Filmography
* 1950: ''Yasmin'' ()
* 1951: ''Fayruz Hanem'' (; ''Lady Fayruz'')
* 1952: ''Elherman'' (; ''Deprivation'')
* 1952: ''Suret Elzefaf'' (; ''Wedding Photo'')
* 1953: ''
Dahab
Dahab (, , "gold") is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Dahab can be divided into three major parts. Masbat, which includes the Bedouin village of Asalah, in the nor ...
'' ()
* 1955: ''Asafir Elganna'' (; ''The Sparrows of Paradise'')
* 1957: ''Esmail Yasin Tarazan'' ()
* 1958: ''Ayyami Elsaida'' (; ''My Happy Days'')
* 1958: ''Esmail Yasin lel Bie (; ''Esmail Yasin for Sale'')
* 1959: ''Bafakkar fi elli Nasini'' (; ''I'm Thinking in Who Is Forgetting Me'')
Awards
* In 2001, she was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the
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