Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 26, 1937
Died
Jun 24, 2016
Place of Birth
Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Credits
57 titles
Forouzan
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Filmfarsi
(archive footage)
The Cycle
Zahra
Stab in the Back
Pari
The Big Appointment
Shirin
Khodahafez koochooloo
The White Clove
The Captain
Darya
Parizad (Fairy Child)
Parizad / Fari
The Dagger
Banafsheh
Zafar
Fati
The Lover
Behjat Tighi
Ghalandar
Eshrat
Notorious
Badri
The Sorceress
Fireworks of the City
Heydar
Aghdas
Baba Shamal
Shokat-ol-Molook
Ayyoob
Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
Beauty on the Block
Nazi
A Man from the South of the City
Atash
Sogoli
Sogoli
Dancer of the City
Pari
The Owner of Hell
Talaa
Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi
Mojeze-ye ghalbha
Shahrashoob
Shahrashoob
Wada'an ya Faqr
Leila
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian
Fereshteh
Behesth Door Nist
A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight
Büyük Yemin
Ayşe
Tak Khal
Bride of Bianca
Yusuf and Zulaikha
Zulaikha
The Star of the Seven Skies
Firoozeh
Separate Beds
Mehri
The Seven Cities of Love
It's Written in the Stars
Ghoroube botparastan
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
Tahran Macerası
Shirin
Dalahoo
The Gate of Fate
The Luminescent Jewel
Shirin
That Man from Teheran
Real Sepehr's Fiancée
Actor's Wheel
Shirin
No Kidding, I'll Be Offended
Asal
Escapism
Champion Shamsi
Shamsi (Shamsollah)