Farrokhlagha Houshmand

Farrokhlagha Houshmand (1929 – 2009) (Persian: فرخ‌لقا هوشمند; née Farrokh Lagha Poursol) was an Iranian actress in film, television, and theater. She appeared in more than 70 movies. Farrokh Lagha Poursol was born in 1929 in Rasht, Pahlavi Iran. Her father was one of the founders of the Rasht Theater, and she had initially studied acting as a child in Rasht.She formally started her acting career in 1945 in the acting academy under the supervision of Ataullah Zahed, Majid Mohseni, and Hamid Ghanbari and she was active in the Gilan Theater.In 1957, she starred in her first film Ladder of Progress (Persian: نردبان ترقی, romanized: Nardebane Taraghi), a film about a taxi driver that is climbs social status "ladders" when he is mistaken for being a wealthy accountant. In 1966, she started acting in television, starring in a National Iranian Television (NITV) live program with Iraj Nazerian, Ezatullah Moqbeli, and Roghaye Chehreh Azad. She became famous for playing the character "Nene Agha", the mother of the popular television and film fictional character Samad.