Forouzan
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Forouzan (also spelled Foroozan) was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. Her real name was Parvin Kheirbakhsh. She started her career by dubbing films. Her first movie was Sahel-e Entezar. She acted in many popular Iranian films and also worked with visionary directors of the Mowj-e Now, such as Dariush Mehrjui (Dayere-ye Mina) and Ali Hatami (Baba Shamal). She started her cinematic career as a voice-over actress. In 1964 she starred in Siamak Yasemi's Sahele Entezar, but it was Ganje Qarun, another film by Yasemi, that made her very famous. She co-starred in this film with Fardin. After Ganj-e Qarun Fardin and Forouzan made a golden cinematic couple and co-starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the era, known as Persian Films or Film Farsi (in Persian: Filme Farsi). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979. Siamak Yasemi, Iraj Ghaderi, Shapur Gharib and Fereydun Goleh were some of the other famous directors that she collaborated with. After the 1979 revolution Forouzan was banned from playing in movies and grew more and more isolated. She rarely conducted interviews and died on 24 January 2016 in Tehran. After Forouzan's death, Persian-language websites and forums dedicated posts and articles in her memory. Her popularity remained intact despite not having acted in a new film since 1978
Known for
Credits
Ghalandar (1972)
as Eshrat
The Luminescent Jewel (1967)
as Shirin
The Dagger (1972)
as Banafsheh
Behesth Door Nist (1969)
Actor
Zafar (1972)
as Fati
Sahel-e Entezar (1963)
as Maryam
The White Clove (1973)
Actor
Shokoh-e-javanmardi (1968)
Actor
Parizad (Fairy Child) (1973)
as Parizad / Fari
Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi (1970)
Actor
The Cycle (1978)
as Zahra
A Man from the South of the City (1970)
as Atash
Baba Shamal (1971)
as Shokat-ol-Molook
The Owner of Hell (1970)
as Talaa
The Seven Cities of Love (1968)
Actor
The Gate of Fate (1967)
Actor
A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight (1969)
Actor
Champion Shamsi (1966)
as Shamsi (Shamsollah)
It's Written in the Stars (1968)
Actor
Sogoli (1970)
as Sogoli
Croesus' Treasure (1965)
as Shirin
Ghoroube botparastan (1968)
Actor
The Lover (1972)
as Behjat Tighi
The Sorceress (1972)
Actor
Tehran, an Unfinished History (2025)
Actor
Filmfarsi (2019)
as (archive footage)
Yusuf and Zulaikha (1968)
as Zulaikha
The Big Appointment (1976)
as Shirin
The Pleasure of Sin (1964)
as Sahar
Khodahafez koochooloo (1976)
Actor
Dalahoo (1967)
Actor
Escapism (1966)
Actor
Hashem Khan (1966)
Actor
Heydar (1971)
as Aghdas
The Bride of the Sea (1965)
as Maryam
The Captain (1973)
as Darya
That Man from Teheran (1967)
as Real Sepehr's Fiancée
Separate Beds (1968)
as Mehri
Ten Dangerous Shadows (1965)
Actor
Büyük Yemin (1969)
as Ayşe
Tahran Macerası (1968)
as Shirin
Fireworks of the City (1972)
Actor
The Star of the Seven Skies (1968)
as Firoozeh
Dancer of the City (1970)
as Pari
The Humans (1964)
as Goli
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian (1969)
as Fereshteh
Ayyoob (1971)
as Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
Wada'an ya Faqr (1969)
as Leila
Shahrashoob (1969)
as Shahrashoob
Beauty on the Block (1971)
as Nazi
Tak Khal (1969)
Actor
Mojeze-ye ghalbha (1970)
Actor
No Kidding, I'll Be Offended (1966)
as Asal
Notorious (1972)
as Badri
Bride of Bianca (1969)
Actor
Actor's Wheel (1967)
as Shirin
Stab in the Back (1977)
as Pari