1987Nominee
Best Performance
Autumn
Jamileh Sheikhi
Actor
Zanjan, Iran
April 29, 1930
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1985Nominee
Best Performance
Doctor Faustus
1997Nominee
Best Performance
The Mousetrap
Career Highlights
1988Highlight
Best Performance
Little Bird of Happiness
1975Highlight
Best Performance
The Ruined House
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