Jamileh Sheykhi

Jamileh Sheykhi جمیله شیخی
Born	Jamileh Sheykhi May 19, 1930 Tabriz, Iran
Died	May 23, 2001 Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Theatre and film actress

Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی ‎, May 19, 1930 – May 23, 2001) was an actress and mother of actor Atila Pesyani.

Career

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 has a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won Best Actress at the International Fajr Film Festival.

Selected filmography

• Visa
• The Little Bird of Happiness, 1987
• Mosāferan (Travellers), 1992, directed by Bahram Bayzai
• Leila, 1996, directed by Dariush Mehrjoui
• Kaghaz-e Bi Khatt (Unruled Paper), 2001, directed by Naser Taghvai

External links

• Jamileh Sheikhi at the Internet Movie Database
• Jamileh Sheykhi's photograph: [1]
• Photograph of Jamileh Sheykhi's grave: [2]