Katayoun Amirebrahimi

Katayoun Amirebrahimi — Biography

Katayoun Amirebrahimi is a film actress who appeared in a great many films over a long stretch of pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema, from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Born in Sanandaj in 1939, she made her screen debut in the Persian-calendar year 1342 (1963-64) with Tar-e Ankabut.

In her early years she acted in the 1965 films A Perfect Gentleman and The Bright Horizon. In 1966 she played Mina in Emrooz va Farda and Zhale in Hashem Khan, and also appeared in Champion Shamsi. Between 1967 and 1969 she kept working in productions such as Almas 33 (Mehri), Sorrows and Joys, A Woman Called Sharab, Pesaran Alaedi'n, The Thief in Black, Qaroon's Love, The Power of Love and The Golden Palace.

In the early 1970s she played Chelgis in Hassan, the Bald, Edith in Selahattin Eyyubi, Zarrin in Shayyadan, Farideh in Bedeh dar raah-e khoda, Esmat in Atash, Maryam in Ma'shooghe and Setareh in Kiss on Bloody Lips. Other films of the period include Shahre gonah, Local tradesmen, Scandal of Love and Trees Die Standing. Her filmography covers more than twenty films between 1965 and 1973.