Homa Rousta

Homa Rousta
Homa Rousta at the 32nd Fajr Film Festival
Born Homa Rousta
(1946-09-26)26 September 1946
Tehran, Iran
Died 26 September 2015(2015-09-26) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Residence Tehran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater Tehran University of Art
Bucharest School of Dramatic Arts
Occupation Actress
Years active 1971–2015
Notable work From Karkheh to Rhine
Spouse(s) Hamid Samandarian (m. 1972–2012, his death)
Children Kaveh (b. 1975)
Parent(s) Reza Rousta (father), Eugenia Rousta (mother)

Homa Rousta (Persian: هما روستا‎‎; 26 September 1946[1] – 26 September 2015) was an Iranian film and stage actress. She was the widow of stage director Hamid Samandarian.

She graduated with a degree in theatre from the School of Dramatic Arts in Bucharest. She started her career in 1971. Her most famous performance was in From Karkheh to Rhine (1992), for which she was nominated for the best actress Simorgh at the Fajr Film Festival.

She died of cancer on 26 September 2015 in a hospital in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her body was transferred to Iran and was buried at Behesht Zahra along her husband's grave.

Selected filmography

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1986Report on a MurderGozaresh yek ghatl
1987The Little Bird of HappinessParandeyeh koochake khoshbakhti
1989All the Temptations of the Earth
1990Tigh-e aftab
1990Malek Khatoon
1991Travellers1991
1992Do hamsafar
1992From Karkheh to RhineAz Karkheh ta Rhein
2001Legion
2002Sarzamine Madari

References

  1. ↑ in some sources 1946 recorded
  • "هما روستا، بازیگر ایرانی درگذشت". BBC Persian. Retrieved 26 September 2015.


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