Full Name Jamileh Sheykhi Children Atila Pesyani Role Actress | Name Jamileh Sheykhi Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |
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Born May 19, 1930 Tabriz, Iran Occupation Theatre and film actress Movies and TV shows Leila, Unruled Paper, Tavalodi diga Grandchildren Setareh Pesyani, KH Pesyani Similar People Atila Pesyani, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Niku Kheradmand, Nasser Taghvai, Dariush Mehrjui |
Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی , April 29, 1930 – May 23, 2001) was an actress and mother of actor Atila Pesyani.
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Career
She 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 has a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won Best Actress at the International Fajr Film Festival.
Selected filmography
References
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