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Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی, 30 April 1930 – 23 May 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani.




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 had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won the Best Actress award at the International Fajr Film Festival.




Selected filmography


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






External links


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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