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.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1927-08-20

Died: 2012-07-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Mardi ke ranj mibarad	Sorour	0
2	1962	Anxiety		50
3	1968	Noah's Ark	Leyla	0
4	1971	Homaye Sa'adat	Nazanin	0
5	1971	The Interim Husband		0
6	1972	Baluch	Farangis	30
7	1972	Hakim-bashi	Ensiyeh	0
8	1973	The Triple Bed	Touran	0
9	1973	Akbar the Interpreter	Maliheh	0
10	1973	Rooster	Belgheis	0
11	1974	The Red-Haired	Nayyer	70
12	1976	The Last Supper		0
13	1976	Agitation	Shahla	0
14	1976	Berehne ta zohr ba sorat		0
15	1982	The Red Line	Lale's mother	20
16	2009	Shirin		61
17	2016	Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses	Self	30
18	2019	Filmfarsi	(archive footage)	20

Irene Zazians

Film

Television