Jamileh Sheikhi

Biography

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.

Known For

Leila

Acting

1999

Leila

as

Reza's Mother

2002

Unruled Paper

as

Roya's Mother

1992

Travellers

as

Grandmother

1997

The Mousetrap

as

1975

The Ruined House

as

Fereydoun's Mother

2000

My Ideal Spouse

as

2000

Maturity

as

Mrs. Ma'aref

1985

Doctor Faustus

as

Mephistophilis

1987

Autumn

as

1988

Little Bird of Happiness

as

2002

After the silence

as

herself

The fall of Sahra

as

New Birth

as

Tag Al Molook

Production

Crew

Directing