Olov, Zhaleh (born March 21, 1927, Tehran)

Born Shokat Olov, Zhaleh Olov graduated from the Technical School of Acting in Tehran in 1950.

She began radio hosting and presenting while in school and later turned to radio acting. She began theater and cinema acting in 1947.

Four years later, she took on voice acting, lending her talent to characters played by Sophia Loren, Gloria Swanson and Susan Hayward. She has also voice acted in animations such as 'Cinderella', 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'Pinocchio'.

Olov has acted in movies as well, such as 'Storm of Life' (1948), 'Enchanter' (1952), 'Dash Akol' (1971), 'Retribution' (1973), 'The Tanker Wars' (1993), 'Snowman' (1994), 'The Fateful Day' (1994), 'Soltan' (1996) and 'The Visitor of Rey' (2001). Her last cinema appearance was in 'Mom's Guests' in 2003.

She has also appeared in series, including 'Amir Kabir' (1984-1985), 'The Wolves' (1986-1987), 'Once Upon a Time' (1991-1992), 'The Cherry Orchard' (1993), 'The Cuckoo's Song' (1994), 'Under the Umbrella of the Sun' (1996), 'Loaded Gun' (1998-2002), 'Lighter Than Darkness' (1999-2002), 'Love's Homework' (2004-2005), 'Day of Departure' (2006), 'Hourglass' (2006), 'Sheikh Bahaee' (2003-2008) and 'Mokhtarnameh' (2010-2011) at the age of 84.