Jamileh Sheikhi
Birthday
1930/04/29
Day of death
2001/05/23 (71 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Zanjan, Iran
Also know as
Jamileh Sheykhi, Jamile Sheikhi, Jamile Sheykhi, جمیله شیخی
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.
Acting
(1999) Leila
as Reza's Mother
(2002) Unruled Paper
as Roya's Mother
(1992) Travelers
as Grandmother
(1997) The Mousetrap
as ---
(1975) The Ruined House
as Fereydoun's Mother
(2000) My Ideal Spouse
as ---
(2000) Maturity
as Mrs. Ma'aref
(1985) Doctor Faustus
as Mephistophilis
(1987) Autumn
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(1988) Little Bird of Happiness
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(2002) After the silence
as herself
(1986) The fall of Sahra
as ---