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