Born on 15 March 1943, Perouz Artin Kalfayan, known as Fayrouz, was an Armenian-Egyptian child actress whose career flourished in the 1950s. She acted in over 10 films gaining the name 'the child prodigy, ' yet quickly withdrew from the silver screen. She first made it into the limelight at the age of seven when she starred in Yasmine (1950) alongside renowned actor Anwar Wagdy, who was also the film's director and producer, and an artist who discovered the young star.