Nosratollah Vahdat

Nosratollah Vahdat (Persian: نصرت‌الله وحدت; 7 September 1925 – 6 October 2020)^[2] was an Iranian comedian, actor, and film director.^[3] He is best known in Iran for his Esfahani accent.

Nosratollah Vahdat
نصرت‌الله وحدت
Vahdat in The Foreign Bride (1964)
Born	(1925-09-07)7 September 1925 Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia[1]
Died	6 October 2020(2020-10-06) (aged 95) Tehran, Iran
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	1950–1979
Spouse	Forough Rajai
Children	5

Biography

Nosratollah Vahdat was born on 7 September 1925 in Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran. He was a pioneer of the Isfahan Theater.^[4]

In 1964, he won the Golden Dolphin award for his film The Bride at the Asian Film Festival.^[2][5] However, after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 he stopped acting. Contemporary actors of his include Parviz Sayyad and Behrouz Vossoughi.

Filmography

Vahdat in May 2018

• 1976 – Naghs-e Fanni (Persian: نقص فنی)
• 1977 – Unaware Days [fa] (Persian: روزهای بی‌خبری, romanized: Roozha-ye bikhabari)
• 1977 – Mr. Etemad's Trouble [fa] (Persian: مشکل آقای اعتماد, romanized: Moshkel-e agha-ye Etemad), as actor
• 1976 – An Isfahani in Hitler's Land [fa] (Persian: یک اصفهانی در سرزمین هیتلر, romanized: Yek Esfahani dar sarzamin-e Hitler), as director and actor
• 1976 – My Husband Has Fallen in Love [fa] (Persian: شوهر جونم عاشق شده, romanized: Shohar joonam ashegh shode), as director and actor
• 1974 – A Husband to Rent [fa] (Persian: شوهر کرایه‌ای, romanized: Shohar-e Kerayei)
• 1974 – Escaping the Paradise [fa] (Persian: فرار از بهشت, romanized: Farar az Behesht)
• 1973 – Ki daste gol be ab dade?
• 1972 – An Isfahani in New York [fa] (Persian: یک اصفهانی در نیویورک, romanized: Yek Esfahani dar New York)
• 1965 – Poor Thing!
• 1964 – The Bride [fa] (Persian: عروس فرنگی, romanized: Arouse Farangi)
• 1963 – A Passenger from Heaven
• 1961 – The Roasted Duck
• 1960 – The Nobody
• 1960 – The Doll Behind the Window
• 1960 – Safarali
• 1959 – Luck and Love and Coincidence
• 1958 – A Ray of Hope [fa] (Persian: روزنه امید, romanized: Rowzanehe Omid)
• 1957 – Ladder of Progress [fa] (Persian: نردبان ترقی, romanized: Nardebane Taraghi)
• 1956 – The Sun Shines
• 1956 – The Fifth Marriage