Yervand Manaryan

Yervand Manaryan
Born(1924-09-20)September 20, 1924
Arak, Iran
DiedFebruary 19, 2020(2020-02-19) (aged 95)
NationalityArmenian
OccupationActor

Yervand Manaryan (Armenian: Երվանդ Մանարյան; September 20, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an Iranian-born Armenian actor.

Manaryan was born in Arak, Iran in 1924 in a family from Agulis, Nakhichevan.[1] In 1946 his family repatriated to Soviet Armenia along with thousands of other Iranian Armenians.[2] He was an atheist.[3]

The actor was a member of the Armenian National Congress of former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan.[4]

Manaryan died in February 2020, aged 95.[5]

  1. ^ Mutafyan, Levon (12 February 2011). "The amazing Yervand Manaryan". «Armenians Today» on-line newspaper. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Manaryan, Yervand". Armenian Association of Film Critics and Journalists. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Երվանդ Մանարյան. "Ես աթեիստ եմ, սակայն վերջերս հաճախ եմ դիմում Նրան"". asekose.am (in Armenian). 26 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Yervand Manaryan: Nothing is worse for society than indifference". News.am. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Actor, filmmaker Yervand Manaryan dead at 96". Armenpress. 2020-02-20. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-20.