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
All Movies (57)
- Tehran, an Unfinished History2025
- Filmfarsi2019 · as (archive footage)
- The Cycle1978 · as Zahra
- Stab in the Back1977 · as Pari
- Khodahafez koochooloo1976
- The Big Appointment1976 · as Shirin
- The White Clove1973
- The Captain1973 · as Darya
- Parizad (Fairy Child)1973 · as Parizad / Fari
- The Dagger1972 · as Banafsheh
- Zafar1972 · as Fati
- The Lover1972 · as Behjat Tighi
- Ghalandar1972 · as Eshrat
- Notorious1972 · as Badri
- The Sorceress1972
- Fireworks of the City1972
- Heydar1971 · as Aghdas
- Baba Shamal1971 · as Shokat-ol-Molook
- Ayyoob1971 · as Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
- Beauty on the Block1971 · as Nazi
- A Man from the South of the City1970 · as Atash
- Sogoli1970 · as Sogoli
- Dancer of the City1970 · as Pari
- The Owner of Hell1970 · as Talaa
- Mojeze-ye ghalbha1970
- Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi1970
- Shahrashoob1969 · as Shahrashoob
- Wada'an ya Faqr1969 · as Leila
- Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian1969 · as Fereshteh
- Bride of Bianca1969
- Büyük Yemin1969 · as Ayşe
- Tak Khal1969
- Behesth Door Nist1969
- A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight1969
- Yusuf and Zulaikha1968 · as Zulaikha
- The Star of the Seven Skies1968 · as Firoozeh
- Separate Beds1968 · as Mehri
- The Seven Cities of Love1968
- It's Written in the Stars1968
- Ghoroube botparastan1968
- Shokoh-e-javanmardi1968
- Tahran Macerası1968 · as Shirin
- Dalahoo1967
- The Gate of Fate1967
- The Luminescent Jewel1967 · as Shirin
- That Man from Teheran1967 · as Real Sepehr's Fiancée
- Actor's Wheel1967 · as Shirin
- No Kidding, I'll Be Offended1966 · as Asal
- Escapism1966
- Champion Shamsi1966 · as Shamsi (Shamsollah)
- Hashem Khan1966
- The Bride of the Sea1965 · as Maryam
- Croesus' Treasure1965 · as Shirin
- Ten Dangerous Shadows1965
- The Pleasure of Sin1964 · as Sahar
- The Humans1964 · as Goli
- Sahel-e Entezar1963 · as Maryam







