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Fayruz
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Piruz Sarkis Artin Galfayan (; ; 15 March 1943 – 30 January 2016), known in Egypt as Feyrouz or Fayruz (), was an Egyptian film child actress.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Masāfah "anti"
- al-Dāʼirah
- Dhāhil ʻabra al-fikrah
- ʻAlyāʾ wa-humūm Sālim al-Baḥḥār
- Masāfah (ant) al-ʻishq al-ūlá
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Film & TV
Cairo, Egypt
Known for
- Numéro un — Self1975
- Bufakkar filli nassini — ليلى1959
- Ayami Al Saaeda — Azhar1958
- Ismail Yassin for sale! — ليلى1958
- Ismail Yassine as Tarzan1958
- Birds of Paradise — Fayrouz1955
- The Deprivation1953
- Gold — Dahab1953
- The Wedding Photo1952
- Lady Feyrouz1951
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- Listeners
- 233,275
- Total plays
- 7,827,890
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Nouhad Wadie Haddad (Arabic: نهاد وديع حداد; born November 21, 1935), popularly known as Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز), is a Lebanese singer-songwriter and actress. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the history of the Arab world. She is popularly known as "The Bird of the East", "The Cedar of Lebanon", "The Moon's Neighbor", and "The Voice of Lebanon", among others. She is the mother of <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fairuz">Read more on Last.fm</
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Key facts
- Person.image
- Photo of Feyrouz (actress).jpg
- Person.birth_name
- Piruz Sarkis Artin Galfayan
- Person.birth_place
- Cairo, Egypt
- Person.death_place
- Cairo, Egypt
- Person.spouse
- Badreddine Gamgoum
- Person.occupation
- Actress, entertainer
- Person.children
- 2
- Person.relatives
- Nelly (sister)Lebleba (cousin)
- Person.years_active
- 1950–1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Sibling
- Nelly
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- Egyptian Arabic
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Instrument
- voice
Show 8 more facts
- birth name
- Փիրուզ Գալֆայան
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1943-03-15
- date of death
- 2016-01-30
- name in native language
- بيروز أرتين كالفايان
- cause of death
- liver disease
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Filmography
- Awards
- References
- External links
Piruz Sarkis Artin Galfayan (; ; 15 March 1943 – 30 January 2016), known in Egypt as Feyrouz or Fayruz (), was an Egyptian film child actress.
== Biography == Piruz was born in Cairo in a family of Armenian descent on 15 March 1943. Her sister Nelly 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 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fayruz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.