Parvin Soleimani was an Iranian

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 actress of theater and cinema

Film

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, who dedicated over 60 years of her life to Iranian art and cinema. She died at the age of 87 in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

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Career

Parvin Soleimani was born in 1922 in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

. She began her artistic career in 1944 at the age of 22 with the play "Shahrzad, the Narrator" in theater. She also began to work in radio

Radio

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 in those years.

"Golnesa" by Serj Azarian was her first movie in the cinema

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 in 1952. She played in over 80 films including "Ehtejab Prince" (Bahman Farmanara), "The Deer" (Masud Kimiaii), "Shadow of Scorpion" (Kianush Ayyari), and "The Demon" (Ahmadreza Darvish).

Soleimani had also played in several TV films and series like "Noruz Vacation," "Auntie Sara," "School of Grandmas" and "Filthy Thought".

"Actor" (1993), "What's Up?" (1992), "Wilderness" (1989), "Beyond the Fire" (1988), "specter of the scorpion", (1987) and "Flowers and Bullets" (1991) are among her films that will be remembered by all Iranians.

Soleimani was hospitalized for a few months and in the end she lost her long battle with respiratory and heart conditions, on June 1, 2009 passing away at the age of 87.

Filmography

1. Ghazal (2001)
2. Panje dar khak (1997) (Claws in the Dust)
3. Soltan (1996)
4. Safar be kheir (1994) (Bon Voyage!)
5. Akharin khoon (1993) (The Last Blood)
6. Mosta'jer (1992)
7. Ansuyeh Atash (1988) (Beyond the Fire)
8. Barahoot (1988)
9. Sorb (1988) (The Lead)
10. Ashianeye mehr (1987)
11. Simorgh (1987)
12. Bogzar zendegi konam (1986)
13. Shabah-e kazhdom (1986) ("Spectre of Scorpion" or (Spectre of the Scorpion)
14. Samandar (1985)
15. Tanoure-ye Deev (1985) ("The Monster" or "Wailing of the Devil")
16. Bagh-e boloor (1979)
17. Tuti (1978)
18. Hezar bar mordan (1977)
19. Bot (1976) (The Idol)
20. Daii jan Napelon (1976) (My Uncle Napoleon)
21. Gavaznha (1976) (The Deer)
22. Boof-e koor (1975) (The Blind Owl)
23. Ghazal (1975)
24. Kandu (1975) (Beehive)
25. Zabih (1975)
26. Jooje fokoli (1974)
27. Kaniz (1974)
28. Salat-e zohr (1974)
29. Shazdeh Ehtejab (1974) (Prince Ehtejab)
30. Khak (1972) (The Soil)
31. Sobh-e rooz-e chaharom (1972) (The Morning of the Fourth Day)

and other movies.