- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Tehran, Iran
Googoosh
Faegheh Atashin, nicknamed Googoosh, was born in 1950 in Tehran. She lost her mother when she was an infant and moved with her father to Tehran. Her father, Saber, was an entertainer and a comedian, and he encouraged Googoosh to sing in bars and cafés in Laleh-Zar Street of Tehran when she was only 5 years old. Her singing at such an early age prevented her from getting any kind of a primary education. In 1960, when she was only 10 years old, she had a successful role in the movie Fereshteh farari (1961), a film by George Obadiah. Her first experience with cinema, however, was a movie by the title of Bim va omid (1960) in 1958. Googoosh was discovered by Iranian composers for her natural singing talent, where she created a unique style in modern Iranian music and became a pop culture icon among the Iranian youth. In 1969, the notorious "mini-joupe" dress was a fashion among young Iranian…
Filmography
movieTehran, an Unfinished History
2025
movieGoogoosh: Made of Fire
2024 · Self
movieThe Old Young Crow
2023 · Songs
movieFilmfarsi
2019 · (archive footage)
Googoosh & Martik - Live in Concert
movieGoogoosh & Martik - Live in Concert
2019
movieGoogoosh Live at Hollywood Bowl
2018 · Herself
moviehayedeh: legendary persian diva
2009
movieGoogoosh: Iran's Daughter
2000 · Herself
movieTonight a tear is shed
1979 · Playback Singer
movieAlong the Night
1978 · Parvaneh
Googoosh: Live Concert-Niavaran Palace
movieGoogoosh: Live Concert-Niavaran Palace
1977
movieNazanin
1977 · Nayyer
movieHoneymoon
1976 · Minoo, Playback Singer
movieNight of Strangers
1975 · Reza
movieMamal Amricayi
1975 · Nasrin, Playback Singer
movieCompanion
1975 · Aatefeh
movieYou Got Wrong Babies
1974 · Playback Singer
movieThe Road
1972 · Playback Singer
movieBita
1972 · Bita
movieSky with No Stars
1972
movieRetaliation
1971
movieHomaye Sa'adat
1971 · Playback Singer
movieThe Window
1971 · Leili
movieEhsas-e dagh
1971 · , Playback Singer
movieThe Starless Sky
1971 · , Playback Singer
movieThe Wedding Commotion
1970 · Fereshteh / Shirin, Playback Singer
movieSunrise
1970
movieAyene-ye zaman
1970 · Playback Singer
movieThe Beautiful Sin
1969
movieThe Star of the Seven Skies
1968 · Narges, Playback Singer
movieSe divane
1968 · Parvaneh
movieThe Night of Angels
1968 · , Playback Singer
movieTreasure and Toil
1967
movieIn Pursuit of Criminals
1967
movieFour Sisters
1967
movieThe Gate of Fate
1967
movieBeggars of Tehran
1967
movieElephant and Teacup
1966 · Fereshteh, Playback Singer
movieHossein Kord Shabestari
1966
movieSheitune bala
1965
movieTerrifying Abyss
1963
movieRunaway Angel
1961
movieFear and hope
1960 · Nazi
FRIENDSHIP THE DOCUMENTARY
movieFRIENDSHIP THE DOCUMENTARY
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