Jamileh Sheykhi

{{Infobox person | name = Jamileh Sheykhi | image = Jamileh Sheykhi.jpg | image_size = | birth_date = (1930-04-30)April 30, 1930 | birth_place = zanjan,Iran

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 had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won the Best Actress award 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 IMDb
• Jamileh Sheykhi's photograph: [1]
• Photograph of Jamileh Sheykhi's grave: [2]