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Iranian actors died in 1981

Here are 1 famous actors from Iran died in 1981:

Mushegh Sarvarian

Mushegh Sarvarian (February 15, 1910-August 13, 1981) also known as Mushegh Soroori was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and special effects supervisor.

He was born in Tehran, Iran and started his career in the film industry in the late 1930s. He co-founded Iran's first film school, Film School Iran, in 1950 and became a prominent figure in the Iranian New Wave cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Sarvarian collaborated with many famous Iranian actors and actresses during his career such as Fardin, Behrouz Vossoughi, and Fariba Koushan. He directed more than 30 films, including "The Last Night", "The Old Car", and "The Forgotten". Sarvarian was awarded the prestigious Golden Palm Award for best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976, for his film "The Rent". He passed away in 1981 and was hailed as one of the most influential and innovative filmmakers in Iranian cinema history.

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