Tribute to Jamshid Mashayekhi

Tributes poured in for the late Jamshid Mashayekhi at the Iranian Academy of the Arts in Tehran on Monday. The program was organized by the Saba Art and Culture Institute, Roudaki Foundation, Cinema House, Farabi Cinema Foundation, City Council, Cinema Museum and Niavaran Art Foundation.

Artist donates Jamshid Mashayekhi’s artwork to family

TEHRAN. (Iranart) – A drawing by Jamshid Mashayekhi, the star of the acclaimed movie Kamalolmolk, was donated to the actor’s family on Friday.

Jamshid Mashayekhi Honored

A ceremony was held on Tuesday to honor the late Iranian actor Jamshid Mashayekhi in Shahrak Gharb Grand Mosque.

Family to donate Jamshid Mashayekhi’s memorabilia to Film Museum of Iran

TEHRAN – (Iranart)- Jamshid Mashayekhi’s family plans to donate a collection of the legendary actor’s memorabilia to the Film Museum of Iran.

Tehran City Council to rename street after actor Jamshid Mashayekhi

TEHRAN. (Iranart) – The Tehran City Council gave its approval on Sunday to rename Jeem Street in the Velenjak neighborhood, the location of the late Jamshid Mashayekhi’s house, after the legendary actor.

Fans bid farewell to actor Jamshid Mashayekhi at Vahdat Hall

TEHRAN. (Iranart) – People from all walks of life joined family and friends of legendary actor Jamshid Mashayekhi for his funeral in the backyard of Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Saturday.

Funeral Procession Held for Jamshid Mashayekhi

Officials, fans and colleagues lined on Saturday to pay their last respects to the veteran Iranian film and theater actor Jamshid Mashayekhi. Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi and Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini were among those attending the funeral procession at the Vahdat Hall. Mashayekhi died aged 84. He was one of the top five actors of Iranian cinema" who starred in such acclaimed movies as Kamalolmolk.

Jamshid Mashayekhi, star of Kamalolmolk, dies at 85

TEHRAN. (Iranart) – Jamshid Mashayekhi, one of the “top five actors of Iranian cinema” who starred in such acclaimed movies as Kamalolmolk and Chrysanthemum, died at Tehran’s Erfan Hospital on Tuesday. He was 85.“Our father rests in perfect peace,” his children Nader, Naghmeh and Sam wrote in a post published on Mashayekhi’s Instagram.

Artists Forum Honors Jamshid Mashayekhi

Fans, colleagues and friends gathered for a ceremony on Tuesday at the Iranian Artists Forum to honor actor Jamshid Mashayekhi. Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was Brick and Mirror (1965, Ebrahim Golestan). He then acted in The Cow (1969, Dariush Mehrjui) and Kaiser (Qeysar) (1969, Masoud Kimiai). Mashayekhi commonly appears as an elderly grandfather because of his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received a best performance award for The Grandfather (1985, Majid Gharizadeh) from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.

Actor Jamshid Mashayekhi calls on artists to condemn massacre of Afghan villagers

TEHRAN –(Iranart)- Veteran Iranian actor Jamshid Mashayekhi has called on artists to condemn the ISIS-Taliban massacre of the Afghan villagers in the northern province of Sar-e Pul last Sunday.