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Jamileh Sheikhi

Biography

Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی‎, April 30, 1930 – May 23, 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. 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 had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won the Best Actress award at the International Fajr Film Festival.

Known For

Leila
Leila
Unruled Paper
Unruled Paper
Travellers
Travellers
The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
The Ruined House
The Ruined House
My Ideal Spouse
My Ideal Spouse
Maturity
Maturity
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
Autumn
Autumn
Little Bird of Happiness
Little Bird of Happiness

Filmography

2002 After the silence
as herself
2002 Unruled Paper
as Roya's Mother
2000 My Ideal Spouse
as
2000 Maturity
as Mrs. Ma'aref
1999 New Birth
as Tag Al Molook
1999 Leila
as Reza's Mother
1998 Another birthday
as
1997 The Mousetrap
as
1994 Hamsaran
as
1992 Travellers
as Grandmother
1988 Little Bird of Happiness
as
1987 Autumn
as
1986 The fall of Sahra
as
1985 Doctor Faustus
as Mephistophilis
1975 The Ruined House
as Fereydoun's Mother