Hamideh Kheirabadi ( fa, حمیده خیرآبادی; 21 December 1924 – 19 April 2010) was an Iranian film and theatre actress. She played in more than 200 feature films and in over 20 television series. In Iran, she is affectionately referred to as ''Nādereh'' and ''Mother of the Iranian Cinema''.

Life and career

Hamideh Kheirabadi was born in Rasht, the capital of the Gilan Province, Iran. Whereas she married at the very young age of 13, she continued with her studies and completed her secondary-school education. In the middle of the 1950s she divorced from her husband and lived thereafter with her daughter, Soraya Ghasemi (born 1940). Kheirabadi's acting career began in 1947 with theatre. Hamideh Kheirabadi worked with a large number of celebrated Iranian film directors, such as Ali Hatami, Dariush Mehrjoui,

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. She was thrice nominated for the

Crystal Simorgh The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, ‌سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Compet ...

Prize. During the second Iranian ''Celebration of Screen Actors'', held on 5 January 2008 at Tehran's ''Arikeh-ye Iranian Hall'', Kheirābādi was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Hamide Kheyrabadi with Soraya Ghasemi

It has been reported that plans had been made that after six years of absence from acting, Kheirabadi would appear before camera on 23 April 2010, playing the role of herself in a series named ''The Land of the People'' (''Zamin-e Ensān-hā''), directed by Abolhasan Dāvoudi. Hamideh Kheirābādi died at her home in Tehran on Monday night, 19 April 2010, at the age of 86. The cause for her death has been given as

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. Ms Kheirābādi was buried in Section 66 of

Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery Behesht-e Zahra ( fa, بهشت زهرا, lit. ''The Paradise of Zahra'', from Fatima az-Zahra) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1. History In ...

in Tehran, on Tuesday 20 April 2010.

Filmography

A very extensive filmography of Hamideh Kheirabadi can be found on the '' Gilaki Wikipedia''. At present a less extensive filmography of Hamideh Kheirābādi is available at the ''Persian Wikipedia''.''Hamideh Kheirābādi'', ''

Persian Wikipedia The Persian Wikipedia ( fa, ویکی‌پدیای فارسی, Wikipediā, Dānešnāme-ye Āzād, Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As o ...

''. What follows is only a selected filmography.

Feature films

* ''Amir Arsalān-e Nāmdār'' (''Amir Arsalān the Great''), 1955, directed by Shāpour Yāsami. * ''Almās 33'' (''Diamond 33''), 1967, directed by Dariush Mehrjoui *''

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'' ''(Reza Motori)'' (1970) - directed by

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*'' Wood Pigeon'' ''(Toghi)'' (1970) - directed by Ali Hatami * ''Bābā Shamal'' (''Bābā Shamal''), 1971, directed by Ali Hatami * '' Mehdi in Black and Hot Mini Pants'', 1972 * ''Shab-e Aftābi'' (''The Sunny Night''), 1977, directed by Sirus Alvand * ''Ejāreh-neshin-hā'' ('' The Tenants''), 1986, directed by Dariush Mehrjoui * ''Mādar'' (''Mother''), 1989, directed by Ali Hatami * ''Bach'che'hā-ye Talāgh'' (''The Children of Divorce''), 1989, directed by Tahmineh Milani * ''Bānu'' (''The Lady''), 1991, directed by Dariush Mehrjoui * ''Honarpisheh'' (''The Actor''), 1992, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf * ''Soroud-e Tavallod'' (''The Birthday-song''), 2004, directed by Ali Ghavitan

Television series

* ''Pedar Salar'' (''The Paternalist''), 1993, directed by Akbar Khājavi * ''Khaneh Sabz'' (''The Green Home''), 1996, directed by Bijan Birang and Masoud Rassām

References

External links

Filmography at irancinema.ir
* * ''Mother of Iranian cinema Hamideh Kheirabadi dies at 86'', Tehran Times, Wednesday 21 April 2010

* Some photographs, published by

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Photograph (1) shows the graveside immediately after the burial. Photograph (2) shows Sorayyā Ghāsemi (r) in conversation with

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(l); the person in the middle is not identified. Photograph (3) shows the graveside of Ms Hamideh Kheirābādi, with Ali Nasirian sitting on the right. * A photo-reportage, by

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