Vida Ghahremani

Vida Ghahremani (Persian: ویدا قهرمانى‎; 12 June 1936[1] – 1 June 2018)[2] was an Iranian film actress.

Vida Ghahremani
ویدا قهرمانی
Born(1936-06-12)June 12, 1936
Tehran, Iran
DiedJune 1, 2018(2018-06-01) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityIranian
Other namesMalihe Ghahremani
(Persian: ملیحه قهرمانی‎)
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationActress, teacher, designer, writer
Years active1954–2016

She began acting in films as a teenager. Her earliest work was in 1958 in a film called Toofaan dar shahr-e maa ("Storm in Our Town"). After receiving her degree in Early Childhood Development, she worked at Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, Tehran. She taught creative theatre and Persian language in Pleasanton, California and Persian Center, where she had been an active member since its establishment in Berkeley, California, and artistic associate in San Francisco, at Golden Thread Production. Vida Ghahremani published Aroussi-e Khaaleh ("Auntie’s Wedding"), a collection of autobiographic stories, in 2008. 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.

Career

Ghahremani received a B.A. in Early Childhood Education and held a diploma in Directing and Producing television. She was a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the Gem and Mineral society. She was the mother of three and in 2007 finished a film with director Wayne Wang called A Thousand Years of Good Prayers as supporting actress.[3]

Selected films

References
  1. "ویدا قهرمانی، صاحبِ اولین بوسه‌ی سینمای ایران". Tavaana (in Persian).
  2. "ویدا قهرمانی، هنرپیشه ایرانی، در آمریکا درگذشت" (in Persian).
  3. 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."
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