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Forouzan
Actor

Forouzan

26 Aug 1937Born
24 Jun 2016Died
78Age at death
57Credits

Biography

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.

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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

Filmography

  1. 2025Tehran, an Unfinished HistoryFilm
  2. 2019FilmfarsiFilm: (archive footage)
  3. 1978The CycleFilm: Zahra
  4. 1977Stab in the BackFilm: Pari
  5. 1976Khodahafez koochoolooFilm
  6. 1976The Big AppointmentFilm: Shirin
  7. 1973The White CloveFilm
  8. 1973The CaptainFilm: Darya
  9. 1973Parizad (Fairy Child)Film: Parizad / Fari
  10. 1972The DaggerFilm: Banafsheh
  11. 1972ZafarFilm: Fati
  12. 1972The LoverFilm: Behjat Tighi
  13. 1972GhalandarFilm: Eshrat
  14. 1972NotoriousFilm: Badri
  15. 1972The SorceressFilm
  16. 1972Fireworks of the CityFilm
  17. 1971HeydarFilm: Aghdas
  18. 1971Baba ShamalFilm: Shokat-ol-Molook
  19. 1971AyyoobFilm: Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
  20. 1971Beauty on the BlockFilm: Nazi
  21. 1970A Man from the South of the CityFilm: Atash
  22. 1970SogoliFilm: Sogoli
  23. 1970Dancer of the CityFilm: Pari
  24. 1970The Owner of HellFilm: Talaa
  25. 1970Mojeze-ye ghalbhaFilm
  26. 1970Ram Karadane Marde VahshiFilm
  27. 1969ShahrashoobFilm: Shahrashoob
  28. 1969Wada'an ya FaqrFilm: Leila
  29. 1969Dokhtar-e Shaah-e ParianFilm: Fereshteh
  30. 1969Bride of BiancaFilm
  31. 1969Büyük YeminFilm: Ayşe
  32. 1969Tak KhalFilm
  33. 1969Behesth Door NistFilm
  34. 1969A Girl Is Going to Die TonightFilm
  35. 1968Yusuf and ZulaikhaFilm: Zulaikha
  36. 1968The Star of the Seven SkiesFilm: Firoozeh
  37. 1968Separate BedsFilm: Mehri
  38. 1968The Seven Cities of LoveFilm
  39. 1968It's Written in the StarsFilm
  40. 1968Ghoroube botparastanFilm
  41. 1968Shokoh-e-javanmardiFilm
  42. 1968Tahran MacerasıFilm: Shirin
  43. 1967DalahooFilm
  44. 1967The Gate of FateFilm
  45. 1967The Luminescent JewelFilm: Shirin
  46. 1967That Man from TeheranFilm: Real Sepehr's Fiancée
  47. 1967Actor's WheelFilm: Shirin
  48. 1966No Kidding, I'll Be OffendedFilm: Asal
  49. 1966EscapismFilm
  50. 1966Champion ShamsiFilm: Shamsi (Shamsollah)
  51. 1966Hashem KhanFilm
  52. 1965The Bride of the SeaFilm: Maryam
  53. 1965Croesus' TreasureFilm: Shirin
  54. 1965Ten Dangerous ShadowsFilm
  55. 1964The Pleasure of SinFilm: Sahar
  56. 1964The HumansFilm: Goli
  57. 1963Sahel-e EntezarFilm: Maryam

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