Jamileh Sheykhi

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Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی , born May 19, 1930 in Tabriz, Iran - died May 23, 2001 in Tehran, Iran) was an actress and mother of actor Atila Pesyani.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Visa
• The Little Bird of Happiness, 1987
• Leila, 1996
• The Blank Page, 2002

[edit] External links

• Jamileh Sheikhi at the Internet Movie Database
• Jamileh Sheykhi's photograph: [1]
• Photograph of Jamileh Sheykhi's grave: [2]