Biography
Azar Shiva was born in 1941, in the city of Tehran. She began her career working with Tehran Radio before later doing dubbing as a voice artist. Invited to work with Majid Mohseni, she shot her first film in 1962 titled "Song of the Village". In one decade, she acted in twenty one Iranian films, of the likes of "Sultan of Hearts" and "The Prostitute". Her career came to a close in 1972 with the rise of the Iranian Revolution, selling chewing gum as a form of protest at Tehran University for the way her film studio had commercialized the female body.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Trees Die Standing
Character: Grandmother
MOVIE • 1971

Three-Eyed Ruby
Character:
MOVIE • 1970

Eradatmand-e shoma, Ezraeel
Character:
MOVIE • 1970

Prostitute
Character: Atash
MOVIE • 1969

Ghatelin ham Migeryand
Character:
MOVIE • 1969

The Golden Palace
Character:
MOVIE • 1969

Hengameh
Character: Nahid
MOVIE • 1968

King of Hearts
Character: Setareh
MOVIE • 1968

The Rotation of the Firmament
Character: Parvin
MOVIE • 1967

The Champion of Champions
Character:
MOVIE • 1965

Parastuha be laneh barmigardand
Character: Ali's Wife
MOVIE • 1964

Aras Khan
Character:
MOVIE • 1963

Forgiveness
Character:
MOVIE • 1962

The Village Song
Character:
MOVIE • 1961