Azar Shiva

Born: 1934-06-23

Azar Shiva was born in 1941, in the city of Tehran. She began her career working with Tehran Radio before later doing dubbing as a voice artist. Invited to work with Majid Mohseni, she shot her first film in 1962 titled "Song of the Village". In one decade, she acted in twenty one Iranian films, of the likes of "Sultan of Hearts" and "The Prostitute". Her career came to a close in 1972 with the rise of the Iranian Revolution, selling chewing gum as a form of protest at Tehran University for the way her film studio had commercialized the female body.


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Women According to Men

as uncredited
Released: 2023-04-16

Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two...

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The Rotation of the Firmament

as Parvin
Released: 1967-09-20

Mamal Feshfesheh is a pickpocket who is in love with a rich girl named Parvin. Parvin decides to...

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King of Hearts

as Setareh
Released: 1968-03-21

A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who...

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Ghatelin ham Migeryand

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-01

A girl who loves a wealthy young man is opposed by her father, and after being disappointed in...

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The Golden Palace

as uncredited
Released: 1969-03-29

A rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor...

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Hengameh

as Nahid
Released: 1968-10-30

Two sisters from an aristocrat family fall in love with the son of their driver. Finally the...

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Trees Die Standing

as Grandmother
Released: 1971-01-01

An elderly millionaire woman spends her last days longing to see her grandson and his fiancée....

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The Champion of Champions

as uncredited
Released: 1965-04-01

Young driver and her sister who sings in Cabaret are trying to earn money and treat their brother.

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The Village Song

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-01

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Prostitute

as Atash
Released: 1969-10-22

Shaahin finds a talented young woman named Atash . Shaahin tries to make Atash a good and very...

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Three-Eyed Ruby

as uncredited
Released: 1970-09-04

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