Khoren Babkeni Abrahamyan (April 1, 1930December 10, 2004) was an Armenian actor and director. Abrahamyan was honored with the title PeopleâÂÂs Artist of the USSR in 1980.
He studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts and graduated in 1951. Since 1951 worked at Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan as and actor. In 1980, he was appointed its executive director. As a student, Abramyan played several small parts in movies, including Hamo Bek-NazaryanâÂÂs kolkhoz musical The Girl from Ararat Valley (1949), as well as in Russian productions such as Aleksandr RouâÂÂs childrenâÂÂs film The Secret of the Mountain Lake (1954), Mikhail KalatozovâÂÂs drama about the cultivation of untilled soil in the steppes of Kazakhstan The First Echelon (1956), and Aleksandr ZarkhiâÂÂs industrial construction tale The Height (1957). More significant roles included Arsen in The Song of First Love (1958) and Armen in Grigory Melik-AvakyanâÂÂs psychological drama The Heart of a Mother (1958). Abrahamyan gained recognition with his performance as Gevork in the Civil War drama The Brothers Saroyan (1968), which he also co-directed, and as the shepherd Pavle in Henrik MalyanâÂÂs We and Our Mountains (1970) from Hrant MatevosyanâÂÂs well-known novel. He played the lead, the compassionate archivist Armen Abramyan, in Frunze DovlatyanâÂÂs A Chronicle of Yerevan Days (1974). In demand actor for Armenian cinema in the 1970s, Abramyan also portrayed historical characters, among them the Bolshevik Armenian statesman Alexander Miasnikian in Dovlatyan's Delivery (1976) and Ter-Avetis in Edmond KeosayanâÂÂs 18th-century epic The Star of Hope (1979). He also played Sisakyan in the drama about terminal illness Live Long (1980). AbramyanâÂÂs filmography consisted of roles in adventure pictures as well as contemporary social drama, comedy, and thrillers.
Some other movies by Abrahamyan are Lord as Rostom, We and Our Mountains as Pavle, The Chronicle of Yerevan Days, Travail as Myasnikyan and Hope Star as The Avedis.
Khoren Abrahamyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.