Born in 1909 or 1910 in
New Julfa,
Isfahan. She followed the advice of her sister-in-law, a stage artist, to join theater groups and played bit parts with them touring
Abadan, before landing her debut in
Samuel Khachikian's
The Stroke in 1964, she moved to
Tehran and made acquaintance with Khachikian and
Arman, and found her way into Armenian show groups. In 1968 Khachikian referred to her another role in
The White Hell, which later led to winning character parts in veteran directors' films. Her films include
The Coachman (
Nosrat Karimi, 1971), Prince Ehtejab (
Bahman Farmanara, 1974),
The Chess of the Wind (Mohammadreza Asalni, 1977),
The Crow (
Bahram Bayzai, 1978) and
Hamoun (
Dariush Mehrjui, 1990). She won the Crystal Symorgh at Best Supporting Actress for her role in
The Land of Dreams (Majid Qarizade) in 1988. She died at a nursing home in
Kahrizak,
Tehran in 1996. ==Filmography==