Forouzan
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1937-08-26
- Died
- 2016-06-24
- Place of birth
- Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
- Also known as
- Parvin Kheirbakhsh · فروزان · پروین خیربخش · Fourouzan · Füruzan · Firuzan
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
Movies (57)
Notorious
1972
as Badri
Yusuf and Zulaikha
1968
as Zulaikha
Baba Shamal
1971
as Shokat-ol-Molook
It's Written in the Stars
1968
The Cycle
1978
as Zahra
Dancer of the City
1970
as Pari
The Bride of the Sea
1965
as Maryam
Tahran Macerası
1968
as Shirin
Dalahoo
1967
The Lover
1972
as Behjat Tighi
Separate Beds
1968
as Mehri
Filmfarsi
2019
as (archive footage)
The Dagger
1972
as Banafsheh
Büyük Yemin
1969
as Ayşe
Tak Khal
1969
Heydar
1971
as Aghdas
Sogoli
1970
as Sogoli
Zafar
1972
as Fati
Ram Karadane Marde Vahshi
1970
The Owner of Hell
1970
as Talaa
Ghalandar
1972
as Eshrat
Hashem Khan
1966
Parizad (Fairy Child)
1973
as Parizad / Fari
Sahel-e Entezar
1963
as Maryam
Ghoroube botparastan
1968
Stab in the Back
1977
as Pari
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian
1969
as Fereshteh
Tehran, an Unfinished History
2025
The Captain
1973
as Darya
The Humans
1964
as Goli
The Sorceress
1972
Ayyoob
1971
as Maryam (Shirin) / Shahin
The Pleasure of Sin
1964
as Sahar
Croesus' Treasure
1965
as Shirin
Khodahafez koochooloo
1976
The Star of the Seven Skies
1968
as Firoozeh
Fireworks of the City
1972
Wada'an ya Faqr
1969
as Leila
Champion Shamsi
1966
as Shamsi (Shamsollah)
No Kidding, I'll Be Offended
1966
as Asal
A Girl Is Going to Die Tonight
1969
The Big Appointment
1976
as Shirin
That Man from Teheran
1967
as Real Sepehr's Fiancée
The White Clove
1973
Beauty on the Block
1971
as Nazi
A Man from the South of the City
1970
as Atash
Bride of Bianca
1969
Behesth Door Nist
1969
Shahrashoob
1969
as Shahrashoob
Escapism
1966
Ten Dangerous Shadows
1965
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
1968
Mojeze-ye ghalbha
1970
Actor's Wheel
1967
as Shirin
The Seven Cities of Love
1968
The Luminescent Jewel
1967
as Shirin
The Gate of Fate
1967
About Forouzan
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… With 57 credits spanning from 1963 to 2025, Forouzan has appeared in 57 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Forouzan Movies
- Notorious (1972) — as Badri
- Yusuf and Zulaikha (1968) — as Zulaikha
- Baba Shamal (1971) — as Shokat-ol-Molook
- It's Written in the Stars (1968)
- The Cycle (1978) — as Zahra
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