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.

Most Known For

The fall of Sahra

Autumn

New Birth

as Tag Al Molook

Another birthday

Leila

as Reza's Mother

Doctor Faustus

as Mephistophilis

Hamsaran

Little Bird of Happiness

Travelers

as Grandmother

The Ruined House

as Fereydoun's Mother

Unruled Paper

as Roya's Mother

The Mousetrap

My Ideal Spouse

After the silence

as herself

Maturity

as Mrs. Ma'aref