
Irene Zazians
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1927-08-20
Day of Death
2012-07-28 (84 years old)
Irene Zazians
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.
Acting
(2019)
Filmfarsi
as (archive footage)
(2016)
(2009)
(1982)
The Red Line
as Lale's mother
(1976)
(1976)
Agitation
as Shahla
(1976)
(1974)
The Red-Haired
as Nayyer
(1973)
Akbar the Interpreter
as Maliheh
(1973)
Rooster
as Belgheis
(1973)
The Triple Bed
as Touran
(1972)
Hakim-bashi
as Ensiyeh
(1972)
Baluch
as Farangis
(1971)
Homaye Sa'adat
as Nazanin
(1971)
(1968)
Noah's Ark
as Leyla
(1962)
(1957)
Mardi ke ranj mibarad
as Sorour