Irene Zazians
Irene Zazians (August 20, 1927 – July 28, 2012), known mononymously as Irene, was an Iranian-Armenian actress of cinema and television. She worked with famous Iranian new wave directors both before and after the 1979 revolution, such as Samuel Khachikian, Amir Naderi, Nosrat Karimi, Masoud Kimiyayi, and Alireza Davood Nejad. Her two films after the revolution, The Red Line directed by Kimiyayi and The Reward by Davood Nejad, were banned. She also appeared in four TV series. She portrayed Mahde Olya (Nasereddin Shah's mother) in Soltan-e Sahebgheran directed by Ali Hatami in 1976. Her role in Hezar Dastan, another series directed by Ali Hatami, was cut out. After the Iranian revolution she was banned from taking part in any artistic activities. She travelled to Germany, where she re-trained as a beautician. She returned to Iran in 1986, during the harshest time of the Iran-Iraq war. Her last performance in cinema was in Shirin in 2008, a film by Abbas Kiarostami. She died of lung cancer in 2012 in Tehran.
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- 2023 · Women According to Men as
- 2019 · Filmfarsi as (archive footage)
- 2016 · Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses as Self
- 1982 · The Red Line as Lale's mother
- 1976 · Berehne ta zohr ba sorat as
- 1976 · Anxiety as Shahla
- 1976 · The Last Supper as
- 1974 · The Red-Haired as Nayyer
- 1973 · Rooster as Belgheis
- 1973 · Akbar the Interpreter as Maliheh
- 1972 · Hakim-bashi as Ensiyeh
- 1972 · Baluch as Farangis
- 1972 · The Triple Bed as
- 1971 · The Interim Husband as
- 1971 · Homaye Sa'adat as Nazanin
- 1968 · Noah's Ark as Leyla
- 1962 · Horror as
- 1957 · Mardi ke ranj mibarad as Sorour