Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1943-01-01
Day of Death
2022-03-08
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Manoochehr Vossoogh
Biography
Manoochehr Vossoogh, whose real name is Abbas Rezaei Vossogh, was an established cinema actor during Iran's Pahlavi era. He began his acting career in high school, before being scouted to work live theater for Iranian national television. He became a fixed actor for Pars Film Studio. A few months before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Manoochehr went to London for a play but came back to his work and job as an actor being banned. He secretly moved back to London through the Pakistani border where he did numerous satire peices on the Islamic Republic. He was married to Lida Daneshvar. On March 8th, 2022, he died while fighting cancer in London.
Filmography (90)
Tehran, an Unfinished History
2025
Filmfarsi
2019
Lie 12
2019
The Retribution
2015Monafegh
1980
Right and Wrong
1979
Execution of the Bullet
1978
Khan Nayeb
1978
The Wound from a Friend
1978
Zar Kharid
1978
Feri Dast Ghashang
1977
The Cry of Love
1977
Tokat
1977
Tear of the Dancer
1977
