TEHRAN-On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of the late actor Ezzatolah Entezami (June 21, 1924 - August 17, 2018), a commemoration ceremony will be held at the Cinema Museum in Tehran on June 22.

Organized by the Entezami House Museum, the Actors Association at the House of Cinema, and the Cinema Museum, the ceremony will be attended by a number of cinema and theater artists. According to the program, several directors and actors are to speak about the legendary actor, his character traits, and various roles that he performed, ILNA reported.

At the end of the program, unseen images of Entezami will be projected on the cultural-historical building of the Cinema Museum via video mapping.

Known as the Master Actor in Iran cinema for his numerous outstanding roles in various films, plays, and TV series, Entezami started his stage career in 1941. Later he went to Germany and graduated from the theater and cinema school in Hanover in 1958.

He was one of Iran’s golden generation of actors such as Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Davoud Rashidi, Jamshid Mashyekhi, and Ali Nasirian who began his career in acting with traditional Iranian performances at theaters located on Tehran’s Lalezar Street, which was considered as Iran’s Broadway during 1950s and 1960s.   

His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui’s acclaimed classic film “The Cow” (1969) received the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1971.

He acted in more than 100 plays, movies, and TV series and received many awards including four Crystal Simorghs awards at the Fajr International Film Festival, Iran’s most prestigious film event, for his roles in “Grand Cinema”, “The Day of the Angel”, “A House on Water” and “The Marsh”.

In September 2006, UNESCO honored Entezami for his lifetime achievements at its headquarters in Paris, France.

In 2012, he handed over his house to the Tehran Municipality to convert it into a museum, which is now a favorite haunt of theater students, young thespians, and journalists.

The Cinema Museum of Iran is located in Tehran’s upscale Bagh-e-Ferdows neighborhood, Valiasr St., near Tajrish Square.

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