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Yasmeen Ismail (28 March 1950, Rawalpindi – 18 January 2002, Karachi) was a Pakistani television actress and theater director. She is known for her role in the PTV drama Tanhaiyaan (1985).




Early life


She was born in Rawalpindi on 28 March 1950. Yasmeen Ismail studied in many schools and convents as her father, an army colonel, got posted from one place to another. She graduated from Home Economics College.




Career


She moved to Karachi shortly after her father's death in 1971. She got married in 1974. Her association with PTV had begun in the late 1960s. Theatre lured her away as she became the director of the Karachi chapter of the Gripp's Theatre in 1980. She directed around two dozen plays. Their plays, mostly written/adapted by playwright Imran Aslam, were appreciated by people. A little before Ramazan in 2002, she directed her last play, titled Osama Ho To Samaney Aiy, which was written by Aslam.




Personal life


At the time of her death, her son, Amal Ismail, was a 22-year-old entrepreneur and her daughter an 18-year-old student of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. Her husband, Tariq Ismail, was a managing director of one of Pakistan's largest distribution companies.




Illness and death


After battling ovarian cancer for 5 years, Ismail died from ovarian cancer on 18 January 2002 in Karachi. She was laid to rest after Asr prayers on Friday in the Army Graveyard in Defence Housing Authority in Karachi.




Filmography






= Television series

=
Sheshe Aadmi
Nishan-e-Haider Rashid Minhas Shaheed
Andhera Ujala
Ana
Do Sooraj
Tanhaiyaan (1985) (PTV)
Des Pardes
Tapish
Ghar Daftar Aur Hum
Ajaib Khana
Bacchon Ka Theatre
Labaik Labaik
Family 93
Panchwan Mausam
Kabhi Kabhi Pyar Mein
Zara Si Badgumani




= Telefilm

=
Marhoom Brigadier Ki Betiyan
Hum Tum Eid
Zeher




= Film

=
Deewane Tere Pyar Ke




Theatre Director


Stokkerlock and Millilipi
Mugnog Kids
Choti Moti Tota Aur S. M. Hamid
Pak Zar Zameen
Hawa Ko Dawa Do
Rail Pail Ka Khail
Haspatal Ka Haal Achha Hai
Kabab May Haddi
Osama Ho To Samaney Aiy (last play before death)




References






External links


Yasmeen Ismail at IMDb

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• Yasmeen Ismail
• Yasmin (name)
• Tanhaiyaan
• Ana (1984 TV series)
• Ali Saleem
• Deewane Tere Pyar Ke
• Andhera Ujala
• Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain
• Haseena Moin
• Oscar's Book Prize