Parvin Kheirbakhsh

(August 26, 1937, Bandar Anzali, Iran)



Parvin Kheirbakhsh, best known as Forouzan , born 1937 in Bandar Anzali, in northern part of Iran, is an Iranian veteran actress and dubber.



She began her career as dubber and narrator of iranian films in 1962 and continued it until 1965.



Forouzan played her first starring role in 1963 film "Waiting's Beach" directed by Siamak Yasami and has been active in the film industry until 1977.



She is mostly known for her role in Yasami's 1965 famous movie Croesus’ Treasure (Ganj-e-Qarun).

The only so called New Wave movie in which Forouzan appeard was The Cycle (Dayeyerh Mina) directed by Dariush Mehrjui, although she also played in movies made by filmmakers like Ali Hatami, Fereidoon Gole and Shapur Gharib, all belonging to the so called Third Wave iranian cinema.







In 1969 she won Best Actress price for "The Strait of Dragon" (by Siamak Yasami) in the first SEPAS Film Festival​​.

After the 1979 Islamic Revolution she was banned from acting, and was not seen on screen ever since.



