Azar Hekmat Shoar (Persian: آذر حکمت شعار; née Azar Taj Dehghani Azar; 1935–1974) was an Iranian actress of cinema and theatre. She appeared in some 20 Iranian films in the 1960s.
Azar Hekmat Shoar | |
|---|---|
آذر حکمت شعار | |
 | |
| Born | Azar Taj Dehghani Azar 1935 Tabriz, Imperial State of Persia |
| Died | 1974 Tehran, Iran |
| Burial place | Behesht-e Zahra |
Biography edit
Azar Hekmat Shoar was born as Azar Taj Dehghani Azar in 1935 in Tabriz, Imperial State of Persia.[1] Her acting career began in 1958 in the Iranian theater with the musical Khosrow and Shirin.[1][2] She entered cinema in 1961 by acting in the film, "When the Sun Goes Down" which was never released.[1] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Filmography edit
- 1961, The Skint, directed by Siamak Yasemi
- 1962, The Lost Flower, directed by Abbas Shabaviz
- 1963, The Claw (1963 film), directed by Amin Amini
- 1963, Pretty Foe, directed by Esmail Koushan
- 1963, An Angel in My House, directed by Aramais Aghamalian
- 1965, Dead End (1965 film), directed by Mehdi Mirsamadzadeh
- 1965, The Stray Hero, directed by Khosrow Parvizi
- 1965, The White Devil (1965 film), directed by Ahmad Safaei
- 1965, The Bright Horizon, directed by Mehdi Amir Ghasem Khani
- 1965, The Mummy (1965 film), directed by Hamid Mojtahedi
- 1966, Leilaj, directed by Iraj Ghaderi
- 1966, Rebellion (1966 film), directed by Samuel Khachikian
- 1966, Never Without Love, directed by Samuel Khachikian
- 1966, Confess (1966 film), directed by Naser Rafat
- 1968, A Glorious Tomorrow, directed by Samad Sabahi
- 1968, The Sun's Home, directed by Saeed Kamyar[5]
- 1968, The Power of Love (1968 film), directed by Robert Ekhart and Marduk Alkhas
- 1968, Separate Beds (film), directed by Iraj Ghaderi
- 1968, Oath of Silence, directed by Iraj Ghaderi
- 1969, Song in Life, directed by Mehdi Reisfirooz
References edit
- ^ a b c Umīd, Jamāl (1988). فرهنگ سينماى ايران: زندگينامۀ كارگردانان، تهيه كنندگان، فيلمنامه نامه نويسان، بازيگران، فيلمبرداران، تدوين كنندگان، أهنگسازان، طاحان صحنه و ... [Iranian Cinema Culture: Biographies of Directors, Producers, Screenwriters, Actors, Cinematographers, Editors, Composers, Stage Masters] (in Persian). نگاه،. p. 85.
- ^ "آذر حكمت شعار". Soureh Cinema (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "آذر حکمت شعار | بیوگرافی + عکس‌ها و فیلم‌ها | سلام‌سینما". Salam Cinema (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "داریوش دهقانی آذر" [Dariush Dehghani Azar]. Human Rights and Democracy for Iran (in Persian). Abdul Rahman Broumand Foundation. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16.
- ^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
External links edit
 | This article about an Iranian actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |