August 10 marks the birthday anniversary of renowned Armenian actor, director, screenwriter, Honored Arts Worker of Armenia, Yervand Manaryan, who turns 94 today.
Speaking to Shant News, Manaryan’s daughter, Arpenik said his father intends to celebrate his birthday anniversary at home, in a narrow family circle. She also added the actor had already received birthday congratulations from his old friends from Yerevan State Puppet Theatre after Hovhannes Tumanyan, who paid him a visit on Friday morning.
To note, the prominet actor has undergone a surgery after being hospitalized in early June. He feels slightly weak at the moment, his daughter said.
Manaryan was born in 1924, in Arak, Iran. He attended the Haykazian School, later the American and Persian Colleges in Tehran. In 1946, his family repatriated to Soviet Armenia along with thousands of other Iranian Armenians. He graduated from the filmmaking department of Yerevan Institute of Theatre and Fine Arts in 1952.
He worked as an actor and a director at Hakob Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre and Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre. From 1957 to 1959, he served as the general director of Yerevan State Puppet Theatre after Hovhannes Tumanyan. Manaryan became the artistic director of Argus Puppet Theatre in 1988. He also served as one of the chief directors of Yerevan State Puppet Theatre.
Manaryan wrote the script for “Tzhvzhik” (‘Fried Liver’), a famous Soviet Armenian short film. He is best known for his roles in such films as “Karine”, “Morgan’s Relative” and “A Bride from the North”.