Googoosh
Birthday
1950/05/05 (74 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Also know as
گوگوش, فائقه آتشین, Faegheh Atashin
Biography
Faegheh Atashin, nicknamed Googoosh, was born in 1950 in Tehran. She lost her mother when she was an infant and moved with her father to Tehran. Her father, Saber, was an entertainer and a comedian, and he encouraged Googoosh to sing in bars and cafés in Laleh-Zar Street of Tehran when she was only 5 years old. Her singing at such an early age prevented her from getting any kind of a primary education. In 1960, when she was only 10 years old, she had a successful role in the movie Fereshteh fara...Read more
Acting
FRIENDSHIP THE DOCUMENTARY
as Self
(1966) Elephant and Teacup
as Fereshteh
(1971) Retaliation
as ---
(2009) hayedeh: legendary persian diva
as ---
(1966) Hossein Kord Shabestari
as ---
(1971) Ehsas-e dagh
as ---
(1972) Bita
as Bita
(1968) The Star of the Seven Skies
as Narges
(1978) Along the Night
as Parvaneh
(1965) Sheitune bala
as ---
(1977) Nazanin
as Nayyer
(1972) Sky with No Stars
as ---
(1970) The Wedding Commotion
as Fereshteh / Shirin
(1975) Fellow Traveler
as Atefeh
(1976) Honeymoon
as Minoo
(1975) Mamal Amricayi
as Nasrin
(1971) The Window
as Leili
(1971) The Starless Sky
as ---
(1968) The Night of Angels
as ---
(2024) Googoosh: Made of Fire
as Self
(2000) Googoosh: Iran's Daughter
as Herself
(2018) Googoosh Live at Hollywood Bowl
as Herself
(1977) Googoosh: Live Concert-Niavaran Palace
as ---
(1968) Se divane
as Parvaneh
(2019) Filmfarsi
as (archive footage)
(1975) Night of Strangers
as Reza
(1970) Sunrise
as ---
(2019) Googoosh & Martik - Live in Concert
as ---
(1967) Beggars of Tehran
as ---