Jamileh Sheikhi [1339668]
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.1196
Birthplace: Zanjan, Iran
Birthday: 1930-04-29
Deathday: 2001-05-23
Age: 71 years
Movies: 11
Links: Homepage, IMDB
Biography: Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی‎, April 30, 1930 – May 23, 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with Shipwreck (1975, Nosrat Karimi). As a pioneer and veteran character actress of Iranian theatre and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors. Sheykhi had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won the Best Actress award at the International Fajr Film Festival.