Jamileh Sheikhi

Birthday: 1930-04-29
Deathday: 2001-05-23
Birthplace: Zanjan, Iran
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2002-02-01 Unruled Paper Roya's Mother
2000-01-01 My Ideal Spouse
2000-01-01 Maturity Mrs. Ma'aref
1999-05-14 Leila Reza's Mother
1997-06-21 The Mousetrap
1992-02-01 Travelers Grandmother
1988-01-02 Little Bird of Happiness
1987-01-01 Autumn
1985-01-01 Doctor Faustus Mephistophilis
1975-09-03 The Ruined House Fereydoun's Mother