Googoosh
5 May 1950 – present
Googoosh is the stage name of Faegheh Atashin, an Iranian singer and actress who became the best-known figure in Iranian pop music during the 1960s and 1970s. She began performing as a small child alongside her father and later appeared in Iranian films. After the 1979 revolution she remained in Iran and did not perform publicly for more than two decades, resuming her career abroad from 2000.
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Life events
Born Faegheh Atashin to a family of Azerbaijani origin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAppeared on stage with her father, the entertainer Saber Atashin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook acting roles in Iranian cinema alongside her singing career.
Her recordings and her changing hairstyles and clothing were widely followed in Iran.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgOne of several marriages; the couple later divorced.
Solo female singing was banned, and she remained in Iran without public performances for more than twenty years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgObtained a passport and departed Iran, later basing herself in the United States and Canada.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe comeback concert opened an international tour for audiences of the Iranian diaspora.
Source: en.wikipedia.org