Feyrouz

This article is about the Egyptian child actress. For the Lebanese singer, see Fairuz. For other people with a similar name, see Fairuz (name).

Feyrouz
Born	Piruz Sarkis Artin Galfayan (1943-03-15)15 March 1943 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	30 January 2016(2016-01-30) (aged 72) Cairo, Egypt
Occupations	Actress entertainer
Years active	1950–1959
Spouse	Badreddine Gamgoum ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 1992)​
Children	2
Relatives	Nelly (sister) Lebleba (cousin)

Piruz Sarkis Artin Galfayan (Egyptian Arabic: پيروز سركيس آرتين جالفايان; Armenian: Փիրուզ Սարգիս Արթին Գալֆայան; 15 March 1943 – 30 January 2016), known in Egypt as Feyrouz or Fayruz (فيروز), 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 (بدر الدين جمجوم). The couple had two children together, Iman and Ayman.

Filmography

• 1950: Yasmin (ياسمين)
• 1951: Fayruz Hanem (فيروز هانم; Lady Fayruz)
• 1952: Elherman (الحرمان; Deprivation)
• 1952: Suret Elzefaf (صورة الزفاف; Wedding Photo)
• 1953: Dahab (دهب)
• 1955: Asafir Elganna (عصافير الجنه; The Sparrows of Paradise)
• 1957: Esmail Yasin Tarazan (اسماعيل ياسين طرزان)
• 1958: Ayyami Elsaida (أيامى السعيده; My Happy Days)
• 1958: Esmail Yasin lel Bie' (اسماعيل ياسين للبيع; Esmail Yasin for Sale)
• 1959: Bafakkar fi elli Nasini (بافكر فى اللى ناسينى; I'm Thinking in Who Is Forgetting Me)

Awards

• In 2001, she was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Cairo Film Festival.

External links

• Feyrouz at IMDb 
• Bio in Arabic of Fayrouz and her sisters^{[link removed]}