Niku Kheradmand Explained

Niku (Nikoo) Kheradmand
Persian: نیکو خردمند
Birth Date:10 November 1932
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Death Date:17 November 2009 (aged 77)
Death Place:Tehran, Iran
Occupation:Actress and film dubber

Niku Kheradmand (Persian: نیکو خردمند , also Romanized as Nikoo Kheradmand; 10 November 1932[1] – 17 November 2009) was an Iranian actress and film dubber. She died in a Tehran hospital on 17 November 2009, aged 77. Kheradmand had suffered a heart attack several months earlier.[2]

Filmmaker Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh had once regarded Niku Kheradmand as the mother of Iran's cinema. Her first work in film was The Last Act by Varuj KarimMasihi. She appeared in The Plaything by Turaj Mansuri. Other works include Havana Dossier (Alireza Raiisian), Café Setāreh (Saman Moghaddam), and How Much Do You Want to Cry (Shahed Ahmadlu). She played a role on the TV series Thieves of the Grandmother.

Awards

She won Best Supporting Actress Crystal Simorgh at the 9th edition of the Fajr Film Festival and another best Supporting Actress Crystal Simorgh at the 12th edition of the festival for her role in The Plaything by Turaj Mansuri.

Filmography

Films

Television series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: انواع سنگ قبر و مزار.
  2. http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208264 Actress Niku Kheradmand dies at 77, Tehran Times