Jamileh Sheykhi Explained

Jamileh Sheykhi
Native Name:	جمیله شیخی
Native Name Lang:	Fa
Birth Date:	30 April 1930
Birth Place:	Zanjan, Iran
Death Place:	Tehran, Iran
Children:	Atila Pesyani
Relatives:	Setareh Pesyani (granddaughter) Fatemeh Naghavi (daughter-in-law)
Occupation:	Actress

Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی , 30 April 1930^[1]  – 23 May 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani.

Career

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.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Selected filmography

• Visa
• The Little Bird of Happiness, 1987
• Mosāferan (Travellers), 1992, directed by Bahram Bayzai
• Leila, 1996, directed by Dariush Mehrjoui
• Kaghaz-e Bi Khatt (Unruled Paper), 2001, directed by Naser Taghvai

External links

• • Jamileh Sheykhi's photograph: http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/5078/2366609360061594669S600x600Q85.jpg
• Photograph of Jamileh Sheykhi's grave: http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/6813/2073318820061594669S600x600Q85.jpg

Notes and References

1. Web site: گشت و گذاری در قطعه هنرمندان بهشت زهرا .
2. Web site: بیوگرافی جمیله شیخی و همسرش حلال پسیانی + زندگینامه. 18 November 2021. نم نمک. fa-IR.
3. Web site: بیوگرافی و معرفی آثار جمیله شیخی. 18 November 2021. مجله امیریه علمی، فرهنگی و هنری. fa-IR.
4. Web site: تصاویری از جمیله شیخی که آتیلا پسیانی منتشر کرد پایگاه خبری تحلیلی سینما سینما. 18 November 2021. cinemacinema.ir.