1967Winner
Best Performance
The Rotation of the Firmament
Azar Shiva
Actor
Tehran, Iran
June 23, 1934
Biography
Azar Shiva was born in 1941, in the city of Tehran. She began her career working with Tehran Radio before later doing dubbing as a voice artist. Invited to work with Majid Mohseni, she shot her first film in 1962 titled "Song of the Village". In one decade, she acted in twenty one Iranian films, of the likes of "Sultan of Hearts" and "The Prostitute". Her career came to a close in 1972 with the rise of the Iranian Revolution, selling chewing gum as a form of protest at Tehran University for the way her film studio had commercialized the female body.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1970Nominee
Best Performance
Three-Eyed Ruby
1967Nominee
Best Performance
Under the Blue Sky
Career Highlights
1968Highlight
Best Performance
Gol Agha
1965Highlight
Best Performance
Gamecock