Forouzan

Parvin Kheirbakhsh , better known as Forouzan (; 9 August 1937 – 24 January 2016) was an Iranian actress, producer, and dubbing artist.

She started her cinematic career as a voice-over actress. In 1964 she starred in Siamak Yasemi's Sāhele Entezār, but it was Ganj-e Qarun, another film by Yasemi, that made her very famous. She co-starred in this film with Fardin. After Ganj-e Qarun Fardin and Forouzan made a golden cinematic couple and co-starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the era, known as Persian Films or Film Farsi (in Persian: ). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979.

Biography Forouzan was born on 9 August 1937 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. She started her career by dubbing films. Her first movie was Sahel-e Entezar. She acted in many popular Iranian films and also worked with visionary directors of the Mowj-e Now, such as Dariush Mehrjui (Dayere-ye Mina) and Ali Hatami (Baba Shamal).

Siamak Yasemi, Iraj Ghaderi, Shapur Gharib and Fereydun Goleh were some of the other famous directors that she collaborated with.

After Forouzan's death, Persian-language websites and forums dedicated posts and articles in her memory. Her popularity remained intact despite not having acted in a new film since 1978.

Partial filmography

1963: Sahele entezar - Maryam 1964: The Humans - Goli 1964: The Pleasures of Sin - Sahar 1965: Gate of Fate 1965: Darvazehe taghdir 1965: The Bride of the Sea - Maryam 1965: Croesus' Treasure - Ganjeh Gharoon 1965: Dah saye khatarnak - Sepideh 1966: Shookhi nakon delkhor misham - Assal 1966: Shamsi pahlevoon - Shamsi 1966: Hashem khan - Mina 1966: Farar az haghighat 1967: Valley of Death 1967: Haft shahr-e eshgh 1967: Gohar-e shab-cheragh 1967: Dalahoo - Arezoo 1968: Shokoh-e-javanmardi 1968: Yusuf ile Züleyha - Züleyha 1968: The Dragon Gorge 1968: Tahran macerasi 1968: Setare-ye haft-asemoon 1968: Ghoroube botparastan 1968: The Daughter of the King of Fairies 1968: Charkh-E-Bazigar 1968: Chahar darvish 1968: Bazee-e Eshgh 1968: Separate beds 1968: It's Written in the Stars 1969: Tak-khal 1969: Shar-ashoob 1969: Setare-ye foroozan 1969: Mojeze-ye ghalbha 1969: Malek-e doozakh 1969: A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight 1969: Büyük yemin 1969: The Great Oath - Firuzan 1970: Mardi az jonoob-e shahr - Atash 1970: Sogoli 1970: Ram karadan-e mard-e vahshi 1970: Raghaseye shahr - Pari 1970: Jafar var Golnar - Golnar 1970: Bride of Bianca 1971: Ayyoob - Shahin / Maryam / Shirin 1971: Baba Shamal - Shokat-ol-molook 1971: Khosghel-e mahalle - Nazi 1971: Heydar - Aghdas 1971: Badnaam - Badri 1971: Atashpare-ye shahr 1972: Zafar 1972: Sahere 1972: Mikhak-e sefid 1972: Khaterkhah 1972: Ghalandar - Eshrat 1972: The Dagger - Banafsheh 1973: Parizad 1973: Nakhoda - Darya 1975: Gharar-e bozorg - Shirin 1976: Khodahafez koochooloo 1977: The Cycle - Zahra 1977: Back and Dagger - Pari (final film role)

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