Gohar Kheyr Andish (born August 22, 1954), theater and cinema actor, Radio announcer, and cinema lecturer
Childhood and Education
She was born in Shiraz. In 1970 when she was still a high school student, she started her theatrical activities. In 1978, when she was accepted to Tehran University she migrated to Tehran in the company of her husband and her children. In 1990 she was graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University in the branches of acting and theater directing. In 1999 she was awarded the sign of the first artistic grade and the Honorary Doctorate from the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance.
Personal Life
Gohar Kheyr Andish in 1970 married Jamshid Ismaeil Khani (dead in 2012) cinema and theater actor. They were acting in Shiraz theaters. The fruit of this marriage is three children were called Omid, Azadeh, and Anahita.
Professional Activities
Gohar Kheyr Andish before moving to Tehran was an employee of the Shiraz Department of Cultural and Art and in Tehran along with studying in the university and following the theater acting, was employed by the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance for artistic activities. Then she started acting on T.V. and cinema and in most of her performances she shined brightly. Among her other activities, one can allude to Radio broadcasting in a program was titled “The Voice of vigilance”.
Kheyr Andish at the present time is one of the permanent masters of the center of young cinematographers and is lecturing at Sura University as well as the Universities of Isfahan, and Shiraz. She has an expansive experience of teaching in the art schools of these towns. She also has held some workshops in some of the well-known universities of the U.S.A.
Accidents During Acting
Gohar Kheyr Andish has experienced many serious accidents in the process of filmmaking. The first accident traces back to the time that the film “Lady” by Mehrjooie directing was on the way; in this accident, her shoulder was broken and her kidneys were afflicted, and was bedded in the Shiraz Namazi Hospital. The second accident happened in the time of making the serial of “The Epic of Flour” with Behzad Farahani directing, in this event her backbone was broken and her appendix was torn. On October 30, 2013, when she was acting in the film “Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others” by Behrooz Afkhami directing, because of an accident her skull and collar bone were broken, and was transferred to the hospital to be operated on; she also was inflicted in March 2017 when the T.V. serial of “From This Wall to That Wall” was on the way, she was inflicted seriously from the tarsal bones and was placed under operation. The result of the operation was not successful and she was transferred to the U.S.A. and was operated on again, but none of the operations could save her from suffering.
Works
As Theater Actor
1. Bride; directed by Jamshid Ismaiel Khani, performed in Shiraz, Aboo Reyhan Hall, 1970 (it was his first experience in scenario writing and acting in theater and becoming familiar with Jamshid Ismaiel Khani)
2. Rose Arrived as Spring Arrived; directed by Gohar Kheyr Andish, 1970
3. The Secret Report of Octavia; directed by Farhad Majd Abadi, 1970
4. The Unwelcome Guests; directed by Gohar Kheirandish
5. The Enamored Nightingale; directed by Mohiddin Layeq, performed in Shiraz, 1970
6. Earth; directed by Jamshid Ismaiel Khani, 1970
7. The Harms of Smoking; directed by Ali Shojaieyan, 1970
8. Ghaj; directed by Jamshid Ismaiel Kahni, performed Shiraz, the center for dramatic Arts, 1971
9. The Small Black Fish; directed by Gohar Kheyr Andish, 1971
10. Where Are You Hassanak? directed by Gohar Kheyr Andish, 1971
11. The Myth of Vafa; directed by Ahmad Sepasdar, 1972
12. It for Tat; directed by Jamshid Ismaeil Khani, 1972
13. Black Bird in the Cage; directed by Gohar Kheyr Andish, 1972
14. The Lady Sun; directed Gohar Kheyr Andish, 1972
15. Rustam and Sohrab; directed by Ali Nasirian and Ezzatolla Entezami, performed in Pahlavi Hall and in the ceremonies of Toos Festival, 1972
16. The Wakeful Town; directed by Habib Dehghan Nasab, 1972
17. A Genius from the Household of Aria Ramneh; directed by Hamid Mozaffari, 1973
18. Snake in the Sleek; directed by Majid Afsharian, Shiraz, 1973
19. Rustam and Sohrab; directed by Hamid Mozaffari, 1973
20. Bear and Courting; directed by Ali Shojaian, Tehran, the House of Play, 1974
21. The Punch; directed by Hamid Mozaffari, 1974
22. Again from Beginning; directed by Hamid Mozaffari, 1977
23. Leaseholder; directed by Layeq, 1976
24. Parvaz Bandan; directed by Abbas Jamali, 1977
25. Dictation and Angel; directed by Gholam Hossein Saedi and Abbas Jamali, 1977
