Fakhri Khorvash

Fakhri Khorvash (, 31 May 1929 – 10 June 2023) was an Iranian stage and film actress and director. She received the best actress award at the Sepas Film Festival in 1971 for her performance in the film Mr. Naive. Life and career Khorvash was born on 31 May 1929. She attended university intending to train as a doctor. However, she became a teacher in Tehran, at which point she began performing in theatre. In 1948, her role in the play Dirty Hands (by Jean-Paul Sartre) was acclaimed and she was encouraged to also look at the cinema. Although she performed in the theatre and in cinema in parallel, she was not keen to switch to the silver screen completely in her earlier years. In 1958, she acted in her first film, Bohloul. Although women were already becoming prominent in Iranian dramatics, her decision to take to the stage estranged her from her parents for several years. However, she received support from her husband and was able to pursue her acting career. In 1971, her film Mr. Naive won a Jury award at the Moscow International Film Festival, and was a hit in Iran. She won a best actress award at the Sepas festival that year.