Forouzan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1937
- Died
- June 24, 2016 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
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. 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
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Filmography
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Movie
Filmfarsi
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Cycle
Movie · as Zahra
Stab in the Back
Movie · as Pari
Khodahafez koochooloo
Movie
The Big Appointment
Movie · as Shirin
The Captain
Movie · as Darya
Parizad (Fairy Child)
Movie · as Parizad / Fari
The White Clove
Movie
The Dagger
Movie · as Banafsheh
The Lover
Movie · as Behjat Tighi
Ghalandar
Movie · as Eshrat
Notorious
Movie · as Badri
Zafar
Movie · as Fati
The Sorceress
Movie
Fireworks of the City
Movie
Heydar
Movie · as Aghdas
Baba Shamal
Movie · as Shokat-ol-Molook
Ayyoob
Movie · as Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
Beauty on the Block
Movie · as Nazi
A Man from the South of the City
Movie · as Atash
The Owner of Hell
Movie · as Talaa
Mojeze-ye ghalbha
Movie
Sogoli
Movie · as Sogoli
Dancer of the City
Movie · as Pari
Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi
Movie
Bride of Bianca
Movie
Büyük Yemin
Movie · as Ayşe
Wada'an ya Faqr
Movie · as Leila
Tak Khal
Movie
Shahrashoob
Movie · as Shahrashoob
Behesth Door Nist
Movie
A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight
Movie
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian
Movie · as Fereshteh
Separate Beds
Movie · as Mehri
The Star of the Seven Skies
Movie · as Firoozeh
Ghoroube botparastan
Movie
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
Movie
Tahran Macerası
Movie · as Shirin
It's Written in the Stars
Movie
Yusuf and Zulaikha
Movie · as Zulaikha
The Seven Cities of Love
Movie
The Luminescent Jewel
Movie · as Shirin
Actor's Wheel
Movie · as Shirin
That Man from Teheran
Movie · as Real Sepehr's Fiancée
Dalahoo
Movie
The Gate of Fate
Movie
Hashem Khan
Movie
Champion Shamsi
Movie · as Shamsi (Shamsollah)
No Kidding, I'll Be Offended
Movie · as Asal
Escapism
Movie
Croesus' Treasure
Movie · as Shirin
Ten Dangerous Shadows
Movie
The Bride of the Sea
Movie · as Maryam
The Humans
Movie · as Goli
The Pleasure of Sin
Movie · as Sahar
Sahel-e Entezar
Movie · as Maryam