Jamileh Sheikhi
Acting
71 years oldZanjan, IranBiography
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.
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Jamileh Sheykhi
Jamile Sheikhi
Jamile Sheykhi
جمیله شیخی
Movies (11)
After the silence
as herself
2002
6.4
Unruled Paper
as Roya's Mother
2002
My Ideal Spouse
2000
Maturity
as Mrs. Ma'aref
2000
7.4
Leila
as Reza's Mother
1999
The Mousetrap
1997
6.5
Travelers
as Grandmother
1992
3.0
Little Bird of Happiness
1988
1.0
Autumn
1987
Doctor Faustus
as Mephistophilis
1985
The Ruined House
as Fereydoun's Mother
1975
