Nosratollah Vahdat ( fa, نصرت‌الله وحدت ; 7 September 1925 – 6 October 2020) was an Iranian comedian,

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, and film director. He is best known in Iran for his Esfahani-accent.

Biography

Nosratollah Vahdat was born on 7 September 1925 in Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran. He was a pioneer of the Isfahan Theater. In 1964, he won the Golden Dolphin award for his film "The Bride" at the Asian Film Festival. However, after the

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in 1979 he ceased acting. Contemporary actors of his include

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and

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Filmography

*1976 – Naghs-e Fanni () *1977 – () *1977 – (), as actor *1976 – (), as director and actor *1976 – (), as director and actor *1974 – () *1974 – () *1973 – Ki daste gol be ab dade? *1972 – () *1965 – Poor Thing! *1964 – () *1963 – A Passenger from Heaven *1961 – The Roasted Duck *1960 – The Nobody *1960 – The Doll Behind the Window *1960 – Safarali *1959 – Luck and Love and Coincidence *1958 – () *1957 – ' () *1956 – The Sun Shines *1956 – The Fifth Marriage

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vahdat, Nosratollah 1925 births 2020 deaths Iranian male film actors Iranian film directors Actors from Isfahan Iranian comedians Male comedians 20th-century Iranian male actors 20th-century comedians