Vida Ghahremani
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Vida Ghahremani ویدا قهرمانی | |
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Born | |
Died | June 1, 2018 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 81)
Other names | Malihe Ghahremani (Persian: ملیحه قهرمانی) |
Occupation(s) | Actress, educator, writer, designer |
Years active | 1954–2016 |
Vida Ghahremani (Persian: ویدا قهرمانى; 12 June 1936[1] – 1 June 2018)[2] was an Iranian-born American film and stage actress, writer, and educator.[3]
Early life and education
Vida Ghahremani was born 12 June 1936 in Tehran.[1] She began acting in films as a teenager, under the mentorship and influence of Khan Baba Motazedi.[4][5] Her earliest work was in 1955 in Crossroad of Events (Persian: Chahar Rah-e Havades); followed by a 1958 film called Storm in Our Time (Persian: Toofan dar Shahr-e Ma).[6] She was known for the first romantic kiss to be portrayed in Iranian cinema, when she played opposite to Naser Malek Motiei in Crossroad of Events (1955).[7][4] She was just a teenager around 16 or 17 years old during the filming of the first kiss.[4] and as a result she was expelled from Shahdokht High School during her final year.[4][5]
After receiving her degree in
Career
She had lived in Canada for less than a decade, before moving to California.[9] Ghahremani taught creative theatre and Persian language in Pleasanton, California and at the Berkeley Persian Center, where she had been an active member since its establishment in 1992.
In 2008, Ghahremani published Aroussi-e Khaaleh ("Auntie’s Wedding"), a collection of autobiographic stories. Her second book, Safar-e Kaash ("A Trip to Kaash"), published in 2010, was an autobiographical story of adventures during her early years of marriage to David Yeghiazarian.
Ghahremani received a
Her daughter is Torange Yeghiazarian, an actress and one of the founding artistic directors of
Filmography
Date | Title | Country
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Role | Notes |
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1955 | Crossroad of Events (Persian: چهارراه حوادث, romanized: Chahar Rah-e Havades) | Iran | young woman | directed by Samuel Khachikian[14] |
1958 | Storm in Our Town (Persian: طوفان در شهر ما, romanized: Toofan dar Shahr-e Ma) | Iran | Pari | directed by Samuel Khachikian |
1961 | Fire and Ashes (Persian: آتش و خاكستر, romanized: Atash va khakestar) | Iran | starring with Vigen[15]
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1961 | The Hundred Kilo Bridegroom (Persian: صد کیلو داماد, romanized: Sad Kilo Damad) | Iran | ||
1961 | Midnight Terror (Persian: Faryade nimeshab) | Iran | Mehri | |
2007 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | U.S. | Madame | directed by Wayne Wang[16][17] |
2008 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | U.S. | Mrs. Massoud | [18] |
2016 | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | U.S. | Maman (or Mother) | directed by Jonathan Kesselman and written by Maz Jobrani and Amir Ohebsion[19] |
References
- ^ a b "ویدا قهرمانی، صاحبِ اولین بوسهی سینمای ایران". Tavaana (in Persian). 26 May 2016.
- ^ "ویدا قهرمانی، هنرپیشه ایرانی، در آمریکا درگذشت" (in Persian). 2 June 2018.
- ^ خالق اولین بوسه سینمای ایران درگذشت
- ^ a b c d "ویدا قهرمانی صاحب ِ اولین بوسهی سینمای ایران" [Vida Ghahremani, the Owner of the First Kiss of Iranian Cinema]. Tavaana Reports (in Persian). 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ a b Khatibi, Firouze (August 25, 2013). "اولین بازی و اولین بوسه؛ خاطرات ویدا قهرمانی از سینمای ایران -" [The First Game and the First Kiss; Memories of Vida Garhami from Iranian Cinema]. BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ISBN 978-0-520-32976-8.
- ^ SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-000-58342-7.
- ISBN 978-1-78320-421-2.
- ^ Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2011 0740797697 2010 "One day on a park bench he strikes up a conversation with Madame (Vida Ghahremani). She is about his age, is from Iran, which she thinks of as Persia, and is living with her Iranian- American daughter. Her English is a little better than Mr."
- OCLC 26378505. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ISBN 978-0-8101-4516-0.
- ^ "'Isfahan Blues': A Cross-Cultural Jazz Journey in 1960s Iran". KQED. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ISBN 978-1-119-67712-3.
- ISBN 978-1845111472. * illustration caption "The 'new' Iranian women in western dress, Vida Ghahremani (right) and Hamideh Kheirabadi in Fire and Ashes Khosrow Parvizi 1961"
- ISBN 978-1-101-60955-2.
- ISBN 978-0-7407-9218-2.
- ^ Kadivar, Darius (September 30, 2008). "A Director's Cut: Hollywood Director Cyrus Nowrasteh Brings Fereidoune Sahabjam's Best Selling Novel To The Screen". Payvand.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
External links
- Vida Ghahremani at IMDb