Firangiz Rehimbeyli (Azerbaijani: Firəngiz Rəhimbəyli, [firæŋˈɟis ræhimbæjˈli];[1] 5 August 1958 – 16 August 2022) was an Azerbaijani singer and actress.

Firangiz Rehimbeyli
Also known asFirəngiz Rəhimbəyova
Born(1958-08-05)5 August 1958
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Died16 August 2022(2022-08-16) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresPop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Instrument
  • Vocals
Years active1980s-2022

Biography

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Firangiz Rahimbeyova was born on 5 August 1958 in Baku. Her mother Raisa died at a very early age. Her father remarried, this time to Sona, an employee of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Rehimbeyli was raised mostly by her stepmother.

In the 1980s she starred in an Azerbaijani television variety show.[2] At the end of the 1980s, Rehimbeyli became one of the founders of modern Azerbaijani pop music. Rehimbeyli worked with composers such as Rafig Babayev, Eldar Mansurov, and Ogtay Kazimov, with songs such as "Əgər məni unutsan", "Bu sevgi", "İnanıram sevgiyə", "Bizim dağlar", "Ana torpaq", "Məhəbbətim gələcək", "Gülə-gülə", "Bəri bax", and "Oğlan". Rehimbeyli was also an actress in a number of films, her biggest success was the role of Sevda in the film "Bəxt üzüyü".

After divorcing her first husband, Rehimbeyli moved to Los Angeles, California, USA with her daughter Raisa in 1993. After moving to America, her daughter changed her name to Rachel.[3] In 1999, Rehimbeyli married American architect Raymond Anthony.[2] Rehimbeyli was engaged in small business and sang in Russian restaurants, mainly in Los Angeles.[4][5] In 2017, at the invitation of Tahir Imanov, Rehimbeyli came to Baku and reprised her role as Sevda in "Bakht uzyugyu 2".

Rehimbeyli died of a heart attack on 16 August 2022, at the age of 64.[2][6]

Filmography

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Film

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Title Year Role Notes
The Legend of Gümüşgöl (Azerbaijani: Gümüşgöl əfsanəsi) 1984 singer
Abduction of the Bridegroom (Azerbaijani: Bəyin oğurlanması) 1985
The Engagement Ring (Azerbaijani: Bəxt üzüyü) 1991 Sevda [2]
The Engagement Ring 2 (Azerbaijani: Bəxt üzüyü 2) 2017 Sevda

References

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  1. ^ Also known as Firangiz Rahimbeyova (Azerbaijani: Firəngiz Rəhimbəyova, Фирәнҝиз Рәһимбејова, [firæŋˈɟis ræhimˈbæjɐvə]; sometimes spelled Firangiz Ragimbekova after the Russian version of the name
  2. ^ a b c d ""Bəxt üzüyü"nün Sedası dünyasını dəyişdi". qafqazinfo.az (in Azerbaijani). 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ Seymurqızı, Gülər. "Azərbaycanı tərk etdi, anası qocalar evinə düşdü... - Amerikada yaşayan "Bəxt üzüyü"nün Sevdası - FOTOLAR". Metbuat.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "ABŞ-da yaşayan müğənni-aktrisa Firəngiz Rəhimbəyova: "Ürəyim Bakıda qalıb"". showbiz/19683.html (in Azerbaijani). 25 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Firəngiz Rəhimbəyli: "Vətənimdə unudulmadığımı bilirəm…"". news.day.az (in Azerbaijani). 9 March 2018.
  6. ^ APA TV (17 August 2022). "Müğənni Firəngiz Rəhimbəyli dünyasını dəyişdi" (in Azerbaijani). YouTube. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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