Irene Zazians

Born: 1927-08-20

Irene Zazians (August 20, 1927 – July 28, 2012), known mononymously as Irene, was an Iranian-Armenian actress of cinema and television. She worked with famous Iranian new wave directors both before and after the 1979 revolution, such as Samuel Khachikian, Amir Naderi, Nosrat Karimi, Masoud Kimiyayi, and Alireza Davood Nejad. Her two films after the revolution, The Red Line directed by Kimiyayi and The Reward by Davood Nejad, were banned. She also appeared in four TV series. She portrayed Mahde Olya (Nasereddin Shah's mother) in Soltan-e Sahebgheran directed by Ali Hatami in 1976. Her role in Hezar Dastan, another series directed by Ali Hatami, was cut out. After the Iranian revolution she was banned from taking part in any artistic activities. She travelled to Germany, where she re-trained as a beautician. She returned to Iran in 1986, during the harshest time of the Iran-Iraq war. Her last performance in cinema was in Shirin in 2008, a film by Abbas Kiarostami. She died of lung cancer in 2012 in Tehran.


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Filmfarsi

as (archive footage)
Released: 2019-07-26

A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed...

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Berehne ta zohr ba sorat

as uncredited
Released: 1976-10-06

A young man who has killed his creditor is coerced into cutting his ties with his fiancé and...

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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

as Self
Released: 2016-12-31

An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979...

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The Red-Haired

as Nayyer
Released: 1974-12-18

Nayyer after killing a woman takes over Sha'ban's lands and accused him of the killing causing...

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Baluch

as Farangis
Released: 1972-01-01

Two gangster squads who smuggle antiques fight each other in Zahedan. The first squad's members...

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The Triple Bed

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

Pooran doesn't get pregnant so Mahmood marries a widow in the hope of becoming a father....

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Mardi ke ranj mibarad

as Sorour
Released: 1957-09-17

A young man is accused of embezzlement by staging his boss and goes to prison, but soon he is...

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The Red Line

as Lale's mother
Released: 1982-02-01

During the Islamic revolution a SAVAK member Amani marries a woman her name Laleh. Laleh is a...

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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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Hakim-bashi

as Ensiyeh
Released: 1972-08-16

A young doctor enters a village to serve there but the traditional doctor Mozaffar Khan...

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Rooster

as Belgheis
Released: 1973-12-26

After the death of her husband, a woman lives with her son, a cockfighter. An old admirer...

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Anxiety

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-20

Behrouz - a criminal story writer - is married with Roxanne and is running the factory of...

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Homaye saadat

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-18

The film is based in Tehran, Iran. The lead character, Aarun falls in love with a beautiful...

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Anxiety

as Shahla
Released: 1976-05-11

Amir is the accountant of a company that is falsely accused of embezzlement, and before his...

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Akbar the Interpreter

as Maliheh
Released: 1973-11-28

Akbar has just lost his job when he meets a foreign tourist woman named Catherine and starts...

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The Interim Husband

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-23

A man who divorced his wife three times due to a misunderstanding , regrets his act after...

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Noah's Ark

as Leyla
Released: 1968-03-21

To find pearls, a fisher man goes to the sea on a cursed ship. But the ship seamen leave him in...

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The Last Supper

as uncredited
Released: 1976-05-01

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