Homa Rousta Explained

Homa Rousta
Native Name:هما روستا
Birth Name:Homa Rousta
Birth Date:1946 9, df=y
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality:Iranian
Resting Place:88 Segment, Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Parents:Reza Rousta (father), Eugenia Rousta (mother)
Native Name Lang:Fa
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1971 - 2015
Notable Works:From Karkheh to Rhine
Children:Kaveh
Alma Mater:Tehran University of Art
Bucharest School of Dramatic Arts

Homa Rousta (Persian: هما روستا ‎; 26 September 1946  - 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.[1] 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.[2] Her body was transferred to Iran and was buried at Behesht Zahra alongside her husband's grave.

Selected filmography

Year Film
1986 Report on a Murder / Gozaresh yek ghatl
1987 The Little Bird of Happiness / Parandeyeh koochake khoshbakhti
1989 All the Temptations of the Earth
1990 Tigh-e aftab
1990 Malek Khatoon
1991 Travellers
1992 Do hamsafar
1992 From Karkheh to Rhine / Az Karkheh ta Rhein
2001 Legion
2002 Sarzamine Madari

right|thumb|Homa Rousta on the cover of White & Black magazine, Iran, February 1972

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Iranian actress Homa Rousta passes away . 27 September 2015 . Islamic Republic News Agency . 25 November 2021 .
  2. News: Veteran Iranian actress Rousta dies at 69 . MNA . 27 September 2015 . 25 November 2021 .