Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی, 30 April 1930[1] – 23 May 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani.
Jamileh Sheykhi | |
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جمیله شیخی | |
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| Born | 30 April 1930 Zanjan, Iran |
| Died | 23 May 2001 (aged 71) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | Atila Pesyani |
| Relatives | Setareh Pesyani (granddaughter) Fatemeh Naghavi (daughter-in-law) |
Career
editShe made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with Shipwreck (1975, Nosrat Karimi). As a pioneer and veteran character actress of Iranian theatre and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors. Sheykhi had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won the Best Actress award at the International Fajr Film Festival.[2][3][4]
Selected filmography
edit- Visa
- The Little Bird of Happiness, 1987
- Mosāferan (Travellers), 1992, directed by Bahram Bayzai
- Leila, 1996, directed by Dariush Mehrjoui
- Kaghaz-e Bi Khatt (Unruled Paper), 2001, directed by Naser Taghvai
References
edit- ^ "گشت و گذاری در قطعه هنرمندان بهشت زهرا".
- ^ "بیوگرافی جمیله شیخی و همسرش حلال پسیانی + زندگینامه". نم نمک (in Persian). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "بیوگرافی و معرفی آثار جمیله شیخی". مجله امیریه | علمی، فرهنگی و هنری (in Persian). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "تصاویری از جمیله شیخی که آتیلا پسیانی منتشر کرد | پایگاه خبری تحلیلی سینما سینما". cinemacinema.ir. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
External links
edit- Jamileh Sheikhi at IMDb
- Jamileh Sheykhi's photograph: [1] Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Photograph of Jamileh Sheykhi's grave: [2] Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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