Acting

Azar Shiva

Born 1934-06-23

Tehran, Iran

Department: Acting

Biography

Azar Shiva was born in 1941, in the city of Tehran. She began her career working with Tehran Radio before later doing dubbing as a voice artist. Invited to work with Majid Mohseni, she shot her first film in 1962 titled "Song of the Village". In one decade, she acted in twenty one Iranian films, of the likes of "Sultan of Hearts" and "The Prostitute". Her career came to a close in 1972 with the rise of the Iranian Revolution, selling chewing gum as a form of protest at Tehran University for the way her film studio had commercialized the female body.

1968

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (21 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Trees Die Standing	Grandmother	Movie	1971
Three-Eyed Ruby	Self / Appearance	Movie	1970
Eradatmand-e shoma, Ezraeel	Self / Appearance	Movie	1970
Prostitute	Atash	Movie	1969
Ghatelin ham Migeryand	Self / Appearance	Movie	1969
The Golden Palace	Self / Appearance	Movie	1969
Hengameh	Nahid	Movie	1968
Gol Agha	Self / Appearance	Movie	1968
King of Hearts	Setareh	Movie	1968
The Dark Days of a Mother	Self / Appearance	Movie	1967
The Rotation of the Firmament	Parvin	Movie	1967
Under the Blue Sky	Self / Appearance	Movie	1967
Runaway Groom	Mehri	Movie	1966
Gamecock	Parvin	Movie	1965
I Am A Mother	Azar	Movie	1965
The Champion of Champions	Self / Appearance	Movie	1965
The Law of Life	Golnar	Movie	1964
Parastuha be laneh barmigardand	Ali's Wife	Movie	1964
Aras Khan	Self / Appearance	Movie	1963
Forgiveness	Self / Appearance	Movie	1962
The Village Song	Self / Appearance	Movie	1961