Jamileh Sheikhi
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
13
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-04-29 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Zanjan, Iran
Acting

2002

Unruled Paper as Roya's Mother

2002

After the silence as herself

2000

Maturity as Mrs. Ma'aref

2000

My Ideal Spouse as Not available

1999

Leila as Reza's Mother

1999

New Birth as Tag Al Molook

1997

The Mousetrap as Not available

1992

Travellers as Grandmother

1988

Little Bird of Happiness as Not available

1987

Autumn as Not available

1986

The fall of Sahra as Not available

1985

Doctor Faustus as Mephistophilis

1975

The Ruined House as Fereydoun's Mother