Actress Arus Voskanyan

The photograph shows the great Armenian actress Arus Voskanyan, whose whole life was devoted to the stage. She was born in 1899 in Constantinople. From 1908 she was already performing on stage, and in 1910 she moved to Transcaucasia, acting in theatres in Baku and Tiflis.

From 1921 Arus Voskanyan was one of the leading actresses of the Sundukyan Theatre in Yerevan, creating strong and dramatic roles. In 1935 she was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the Armenian SSR. She died early, in 1943.

In the photograph she has long curly hair, a thin band on her head and a dress decorated with beads.