Davoud Rashidi

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Davoud Rashidi
داوود رشیدی
Rashidi in 2015
Born	(1933-07-16)July 16, 1933 Tehran, Iran
Died	August 26, 2016(2016-08-26) (aged 83) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Alma mater	University of Geneva Conservatoire de Genève
Occupations	Actor filmmaker producer
Years active	1971–2016
Spouse	Ehteram Boroumand ​ (m. 1968)​ [1]
Children	Farhad Leyli
Relatives	Marzieh Boroumand (sister-in-law)
Awards	Order of Culture and Art (1st Class)[2]

Davoud Rashidi (Persian: داوود رشیدی; July 16, 1933 – August 26, 2016) was an Iranian actor. Rashidi, along with Ali Nasirian, Ezatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Mohammad Ali Keshavarz is known as one of "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" due to their significant influence. His daughter, Leili Rashidi, is also an actress.

Career[edit]

His first film was Escape from the Trap (1971, directed by Jalal Moghadam), which came after years of stage acting. He also had a successful career in television series.

Selected filmography[edit]

• Fleeing the Trap (1971) - directed by Jalal Moghadam
• The Beehive (1975) - directed by Fereydun Gole
• Hezar Dastan, 1978–1987, TV series
• Mr. Hieroglyph, 1980
• The Border, 1981
• The Liberation
• The Prize, 1982
• The Spider's House, 1983
• Kamalolmolk, 1984
• The Inner Devil, 1984
• Through the Trap, 1993
• Loneliest Leader, 1997
• Leaning on the Wind, 2000
• Reign of Love (TV series), 2000
• Mokhtarnameh, 2012
• Ekbatan, 2012

See also[edit]

• Ibn al-Sheikh, grandfather of Davoud Rashidi

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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