Farrokhlagha Houshmand (1929 – 2009) (;
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
Farrokh Lagha Poursol)
was an Iranian actress in film, television, and theater. She appeared in more than 70 movies.
Biography
Farrokh Lagha Poursol was born in 1929 in
Rasht
Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...
,
Pahlavi Iran
The Imperial State of Iran ( fa, کشور شاهنشاهی ایران, ), also known as the Imperial State of Persia, was the official name of the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty.
It was formed in 1925 and lasted until 197 ...
.
Her father was one of the founders of the Rasht Theater, and she had initially studied acting as a child in Rasht.
She formally started her acting career in 1945 in the acting academy under the supervision of
Ataullah Zahed, , and and she was active in the Gilan Theater.
In 1957, she starred in her first film ' (), a film about a taxi driver that is climbs social status "ladders" when he is mistaken for being a wealthy accountant.
In 1966, she started acting in television, starring in a
National Iranian Television (NITV) live program with
Iraj Nazerian, Ezatullah Moqbeli, and Roghaye Chehreh Azad.
She became famous for playing the character "Nene Agha", the mother of the popular television and film fictional character
Samad
Samad or Samed ( ar, صمد, ''Ṣamad'') is an Arabic male given name.
Given name
* Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player
*Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
* Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), Iranian t ...
.
Filmography
Film
* 1957 – ' ()
* 1958 – ' ()
* 1963 – ' ()
* 1963 – ' ()
* 1965 – ' ()
* 1965 – ''
Night of the Hunchback
''Night of the Hunchback'' ( fa, شب قوزی, translit=Shab-e Quzi) is a 1965 Iranian film comedy, directed and produced by Farrokh Ghaffari. The film script was based on a story from One Thousand and One Nights, but arranged for modern city l ...
'' (), adapted from a story in
1001 Nights
''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...
.
* 1971 – ()
* 1972 – ()
* 1972 – ()
* 1972 – ''
Mehdi in Black and Hot Mini Pants
''Mehdi in Black and Hot Mini Pants'' ( fa, مهدی مشکی و شلوارک داغ, translit=Mehdi Meshki Va Shalvarak-e Dagh) is a 1972 Iranian romance film directed by Nezam Fatemi, and starring Naser Malek Motiee, Farrokhlagha Houshmand, F ...
'' ( fa, مهدی مشکی و شلوارک داغ, translit=Mehdi Meshki Va Shalvarak-e Dagh)
* 1973 – ()
* 1974 – ()
* 1975 – ()
* 1977 – ()
* 1978 – ()
* 1979 – ()
* 1989 – ''
Bashu, the Little Stranger
''Bashu, the Little Stranger'' ( fa, باشو غریبه کوچک, translit=Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak), is a 1986 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Beizai. The film was produced in 1986, and was released in 1989. This multi-ethnic film was the ...
'' ( fa, باشو غریبه کوچک, translit=Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak), as sister-in-law
* 1995 – ''
The Journey The Journey may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Journey'' (1942 film), or ''El viaje'', an Argentine film
* ''The Journey'' (1959 film), an American drama starring Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, and Jason Robards about the Hungarian Revoluti ...
'', as character Bibi
Television
* 1967 to 1970 – ' (), this was the precursor to the show ''Samad'', she was character "Nene Agha"
* 1974 – ' (), character "Nene Agha"
* 1975 – ' (), character "Nene Agha"
* 1975 – ' ()
References
External links
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1929 births
2009 deaths
People from Rasht
Iranian comedians
Iranian film actresses
Iranian stage actresses
Iranian television actresses
20th-century Iranian actresses
21st-century Iranian actresses