Irene Zazians
Date of birth: 1927-08-20
Place of birth:
Known for: Acting
Also known as: ایرن زازیانس
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
The Red-Haired
1974-12-18
Nayyer after killing a woman takes over Sha'ban's lands and accused him of the killing causing him t
Agitation
1976-05-11
Amir is the accountant of a company that is falsely accused of embezzlement, and before his arrest,
Rooster
1973-12-26
After the death of her husband, a woman lives with her son, a cockfighter. An old admirer approache
Akbar the Interpreter
1973-11-28
Akbar has just lost his job when he meets a foreign tourist woman named Catherine and starts working
Hakim-bashi
1972-08-16
A young doctor enters a village to serve there but the traditional doctor Mozaffar Khan Hakim-bashi
Mardi ke ranj mibarad
1957-09-17
A young man is accused of embezzlement by staging his boss and goes to prison, but soon he is acquit
Anxiety
1962-12-20
Behrouz - a criminal story writer - is married with Roxanne and is running the factory of Roxanne's
Homaye Sa'adat
1971-03-21
Aram falls in love with a beautiful dancer Shirin. Due to her dubious profession, Aram and his broth
Baluch
1972-01-01
Two gangster squads who smuggle antiques fight each other in Zahedan. The first squad's members mana
The Interim Husband
1971-03-23
A man who divorced his wife three times due to a misunderstanding , regrets his act after realizing
Berehne ta zohr ba sorat
1976-10-06
A young man who has killed his creditor is coerced into cutting his ties with his fiancé and marryin
The Red Line
1982-02-01
During the Islamic revolution a SAVAK member Amani marries a woman her name Laleh. Laleh is a doctor
Noah's Ark
1968-03-21
To find pearls, a fisher man goes to the sea on a cursed ship. But the ship seamen leave him in an i
Filmfarsi
2019-07-26
A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following t
The Triple Bed
1973-01-15
Mahmoud and his wife have a comfortable life; however, there is the problem that Mahmoud's wife cann
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
2016-12-31
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 rev
The Last Supper
1976-05-01
Shirin
2009-04-18
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectator
Goodbye, Friend
1970-01-01
Three friends organize the burglary of a jewelry shop, but greed, betrayal, and revenge quickly over
The Shadow of Fate
1961-10-27
A woman commits suicide because she doesn't want to give in to her mother's evil temptations.
Waiting
1958-10-18
A woman, to save her sister's life, who previously had a lover, accepts the accusation of having a l