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
A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight (1969)
Actor
The Cycle (1978)
as Zahra
The White Clove (1973)
Actor
Champion Shamsi (1966)
as Shamsi (Shamsollah)
The Big Appointment (1976)
as Shirin
Ghalandar (1972)
as Eshrat
The Luminescent Jewel (1967)
as Shirin
The Bride of the Sea (1965)
as Maryam
That Man from Teheran (1967)
as Real Sepehr's Fiancée
Ghoroube botparastan (1968)
Actor
The Gate of Fate (1967)
Actor
Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi (1970)
Actor
The Lover (1972)
as Behjat Tighi
Behesth Door Nist (1969)
Actor
Escapism (1966)
Actor
Yusuf and Zulaikha (1968)
as Zulaikha
Ayyoob (1971)
as Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
Croesus' Treasure (1965)
as Shirin
It's Written in the Stars (1968)
Actor
Parizad (Fairy Child) (1973)
as Parizad / Fari
The Humans (1964)
as Goli
Baba Shamal (1971)
as Shokat-ol-Molook
The Seven Cities of Love (1968)
Actor
Büyük Yemin (1969)
as Ayşe
Filmfarsi (2019)
as (archive footage)
Sahel-e Entezar (1963)
as Maryam
Dancer of the City (1970)
as Pari
Zafar (1972)
as Fati
Shokoh-e-javanmardi (1968)
Actor
A Man from the South of the City (1970)
as Atash
Sogoli (1970)
as Sogoli
The Dagger (1972)
as Banafsheh
The Sorceress (1972)
Actor
Hashem Khan (1966)
Actor
Shahrashoob (1969)
as Shahrashoob
Tehran, an Unfinished History (2025)
Actor
Khodahafez koochooloo (1976)
Actor
Dalahoo (1967)
Actor
Heydar (1971)
as Aghdas
No Kidding, I'll Be Offended (1966)
as Asal
Ten Dangerous Shadows (1965)
Actor
Actor's Wheel (1967)
as Shirin
Wada'an ya Faqr (1969)
as Leila
Stab in the Back (1977)
as Pari
The Captain (1973)
as Darya
The Star of the Seven Skies (1968)
as Firoozeh
Separate Beds (1968)
as Mehri
The Pleasure of Sin (1964)
as Sahar
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian (1969)
as Fereshteh
Notorious (1972)
as Badri
Beauty on the Block (1971)
as Nazi
Bride of Bianca (1969)
Actor
The Owner of Hell (1970)
as Talaa
Tak Khal (1969)
Actor
Fireworks of the City (1972)
Actor
Mojeze-ye ghalbha (1970)
Actor
Tahran Macerası (1968)
as Shirin