Farrokhlagha Houshmand

Farrokhlagha Houshmand (1929 – 2009) (Persian: فرخ‌لقا هوشمند; née Farrokh Lagha Poursol)[2] was an Iranian actress in film, television, and theater.

[3][1] Farrokh Lagha Poursol was born in 1929 in Rasht, Pahlavi Iran.

[2] She formally started her acting career in 1945 in the acting academy under the supervision of Ataullah Zahed, Majid Mohseni [fa], and Hamid Ghanbari [fa] and she was active in the Gilan Theater.

[2] In 1957, she starred in her first film Ladder of Progress [fa] (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.

[1][4] 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.