Jamileh Sheikhi

Born: 1930-04-29

Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی‎, April 30, 1930 – May 23, 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. 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.


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Leila

as Reza's Mother
Released: 1999-05-14

This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old...

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Unruled Paper

as Roya's Mother
Released: 2002-02-01

Unruled Paper is a 2002 Iranian film directed by Naser Taghva'i, based on an original script by...

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Travelers

as Grandmother
Released: 1992-02-01

A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto...

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Little Bird of Happiness

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-02

Malihe, was emotionally impacted of aphasia in childhood is lost and the needs nerve to be...

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Autumn

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-01

Masoud wants to leave his wife Parvaneh and their daughter and go to Europe. But before that...

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The Ruined House

as Fereydoun's Mother
Released: 1975-09-03

Norooz's family convince him to sell the old house in order to build a new modern house, but...

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The Mousetrap

as uncredited
Released: 1997-06-21

An Iranian TV-play adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.

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My Ideal Spouse

as uncredited
Released: 2000-01-01

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Doctor Faustus

as Mephistophilis
Released: 1985-01-01

An Iranian TV-play adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus.

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Maturity

as Mrs. Ma'aref
Released: 2000-01-01

Naser Khavari and his fiancee ...

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After the silence

as herself
Released: 2002-09-01

Behind the scenes of the movie "Unruled Paper (2002)"

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The fall of Sahra

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-03-21

It describes the story of a couple, Sahra and Sasan, whose marriage had broken up with maternal...

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