Shahla Riahi ( fa, شهلا ریاحی, 7 February 1927 – 31 December 2019) was an Iranian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), 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 ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. Born in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, she started stage acting in 1944 and first appeared in cinema in ''Golden Dreams''. In 1956 she became the first Iranian woman to direct a feature, with ''Marjan''. Her career as a film actress includes more than 72 features. Riahi died on 31 December 2019 at the age of 92.

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* 1927 births 2019 deaths People from Tehran Iranian film actresses Iranian stage actresses Iranian television actresses Iranian women film directors 20th-century Iranian actresses {{Iran-film-director-stub