Forouzan
Known for: Acting
Forouzan (also spelled Foroozan) was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. Her real name was Parvin Kheirbakhsh. She started her career by dubbing films. Her first movie was Sahel-e Entezar. She acted in many popular Iranian films and also worked with visionary directors of the Mowj-e Now, such as Dariush Mehrjui (Dayere-ye Mina) and Ali Hatami (Baba Shamal). She started her cinematic career as a voice-over actress. In 1964 she starred in Siamak Yasemi's Sahele Entezar, but it was Ganje Qarun, another film by Yasemi, that made her very famous. She co-starred in this film with Fardin. After Ganj-e Qarun Fardin and Forouzan made a golden cinematic couple and co-starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the era, known as Persian Films or Film Farsi (in Persian: Filme Farsi). Persian Film was the popular genre of movies produced in Iran before the Iranian revolution of 1979. Siamak Yasemi, Iraj Ghaderi, Shapur Gharib and Fereydun Goleh were some of the other famous directors that she collaborated with. After the 1979 revolution Forouzan was banned from playing in movies and grew more and more isolated. She rarely conducted interviews and died on 24 January 2016 in Tehran. After Forouzan's death, Persian-language websites and forums dedicated posts and articles in her memory. Her popularity remained intact despite not having acted in a new film since 1978
Filmography
Film
Notorious
Badri
1972
Film
Yusuf and Zulaikha
Zulaikha
1968
Film
The Cycle
Zahra
1978
Film
It's Written in the Stars
1968
Film
Baba Shamal
Shokat-ol-Molook
1971
Film
The Bride of the Sea
Maryam
1965
Film
The Dagger
Banafsheh
1972
Film
Tahran Macerası
Shirin
1968
Film
The Lover
Behjat Tighi
1972
Film
Dancer of the City
Pari
1970
Film
Sogoli
Sogoli
1970
Film
Ghalandar
Eshrat
1972
Film
Dalahoo
1967
Film
The Owner of Hell
Talaa
1970
Film
Filmfarsi
(archive footage)
2019
Film
Zafar
Fati
1972
Film
Ghoroube botparastan
1968
Film
Heydar
Aghdas
1971
Film
Tak Khal
1969
Film
The Sorceress
1972
Film
Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi
1970
Film
The Big Appointment
Shirin
1976
Film
Hashem Khan
1966
Film
Khodahafez koochooloo
1976
Film
Parizad (Fairy Child)
Parizad / Fari
1973
Film
Separate Beds
Mehri
1968
Film
Champion Shamsi
Shamsi (Shamsollah)
1966
Film
Wada'an ya Faqr
Leila
1969
Film
Tehran, an Unfinished History
2025
Film
Shahrashoob
Shahrashoob
1969
Film
Stab in the Back
Pari
1977
Film
Bride of Bianca
1969
Film
Croesus' Treasure
Shirin
1965
Film
A Man from the South of the City
Atash
1970
Film
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian
Fereshteh
1969
Film
Büyük Yemin
Ayşe
1969
Film
The Pleasure of Sin
Sahar
1964
Film
Ayyoob
Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
1971
Film
The Star of the Seven Skies
Firoozeh
1968
Film
The Humans
Goli
1964
Film
Behesth Door Nist
1969
Film
Beauty on the Block
Nazi
1971
Film
The White Clove
1973
Film
The Captain
Darya
1973
Film
Sahel-e Entezar
Maryam
1963
Film
Fireworks of the City
1972
Film
That Man from Teheran
Real Sepehr's Fiancée
1967
Film
Ten Dangerous Shadows
1965
Film
The Luminescent Jewel
Shirin
1967
Film
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
1968
Film
No Kidding, I'll Be Offended
Asal
1966
Film
A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight
1969
Film
Actor's Wheel
Shirin
1967
Film
Escapism
1966
Film
Mojeze-ye ghalbha
1970
The Seven Cities of Love
1968
Film
The Gate of Fate
1967