[custom_adv] Homa Rousta (1946 – 2015) was a 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. She started her career in 1971. [custom_adv] 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. [custom_adv] She died of cancer on 26 September 2015 in a hospital in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her body was transferred to Iran and was buried at Behesht Zahra alongside her husband's grave. [custom_adv] Hamid Samandarian (May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was a film and theater director and translator. He staged numerous dramas during his lifetime, including No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friedrich Durrenmatt. [custom_adv] Having established many acting and directing classes and workshops, Samandarian trained many Iranian actors and directors including; Ezzatolah Entezami, Reza Kianian, Golab Adineh, Mehdi Hashemi, Shahab Hosseini, Hojjat Baqaee٫ Parviz Poorhosseini, Ahmad Aghalou, etc. He married Homa Rousta, an Iranian film and theater actress. [custom_adv] Mahian, who has the license to preserve, publish and release all Samandarian’s works, said that the collection is the most precious heritage she has inherited and that she has plans to present them in the best way possible.“What connects us to the future generation is this precious heritage,” she added. [custom_adv] She said that Samandarian’s main characteristic was his being up-to-date.“He has taught seven generations in theater from master actors like Ezzatollah Entezami and Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz to the present generation. His teachings can still be useful and influential for the next generations,” she said.
