{{Short description|Iranian comedian (1925–2020)}} {{Infobox person | name = Nosratollah Vahdat | image = Nvahdata.jpg | caption = Vahdat in ''The Foreign Bride'' (1964) | native_name = نصرتالله وحدت | native_name_lang = Fa | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|9|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-07 |title=نصرت الله وحدت: دوست دارم دوباره مقابل دوربین سینما بازی کنم |url=http://www.pana.ir:80/news.aspx?id=819551 |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Pana.ir |language=fa}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|6|1925|9|7|df=y}} | death_place = Tehran, Iran | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film director|comedian}} | years_active = 1950–1979 | spouse = Forough Rajai | children = 5 | signature = }} '''Nosratollah Vahdat''' ({{langx|fa| نصرتالله وحدت}}; 7 September 1925 – 6 October 2020)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-06 |title=نصرت الله وحدت از دنیا رفت |trans-title=Nusratullah Vahdat passed away |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/99071511801/نصرت-الله-وحدت-از-دنیا-رفت |access-date=2020-10-06 |website=ایسنا |language=fa}}</ref> was an Iranian comedian, actor, and film director.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-22 |title=Doc on Isfahan theater history to hit silver screen |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/443290/Doc-on-Isfahan-theater-history-to-hit-silver-screen |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}</ref> He is best known in Iran for his Esfahani accent.
== Biography == Nosratollah Vahdat was born on 7 September 1925 in Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran. He was a pioneer of the Isfahan Theater.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-06 |title=نصرتالله وحدت درگذشت |trans-title=Nusratullah Vahdat died |url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1440614/نصرت-الله-وحدت-درگذشت |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=خبرآنلاین |language=fa}}</ref>
In 1964, he won the Golden Dolphin award for his film ''The Bride'' at the Asian Film Festival.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-10-06 |title=نصرت الله وحدت هنرمند پیشکسوت سینما درگذشت |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/84067530/نصرت-الله-وحدت-هنرمند-پیشکسوت-سینما-درگذشت |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=ایرنا (IRNA) |language=fa}}</ref> However, after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 he stopped acting for a period. Contemporary actors of his include Parviz Sayyad, Reza Arham Sadr, and Behrouz Vossoughi.
==Filmography== thumb|right|Vahdat in May 2018 *1976 – Naghs-e Fanni ({{Langx|fa|نقص فنی}}) *1977 – {{III|Unaware Days|fa|روزهای بیخبری}} ({{Langx|fa|روزهای بیخبری|translit=Roozha-ye bikhabari}}) *1977 – {{III|Mr. Etemad's Trouble|fa|مشکل آقای اعتماد}} ({{Langx|fa|مشکل آقای اعتماد|translit=Moshkel-e agha-ye Etemad}}), as actor *1976 – {{III|An Isfahani in Hitler's Land|fa|یک اصفهانی در سرزمین هیتلر}} ({{Langx|fa|یک اصفهانی در سرزمین هیتلر|translit=Yek Esfahani dar sarzamin-e Hitler}}), as director and actor *1976 – {{III|My Husband Has Fallen in Love|fa|شوهر جونم عاشق شده}} ({{Langx|fa|شوهر جونم عاشق شده|translit=Shohar joonam ashegh shode}}), as director and actor *1974 – {{III|A Husband to Rent|fa|شوهر کرایهای}} ({{Langx|fa|شوهر کرایهای|translit=Shohar-e Kerayei}}) *1974 – {{III|Escaping the Paradise|fa|فرار از بهشت}} ({{Langx|fa|فرار از بهشت|translit=Farar az Behesht}}) *1973 – ''{{Interlanguage link|Who Put a Bouquet of Flowers in the Water?|fa|کی دسته گل به آب داده؟}}'' *1972 – ''An Isfahani in New York'' ({{Langx|fa|یک اصفهانی در نیویورک|translit=Yek Esfahani dar New York}}) *1965 – Poor Thing! *1964 – {{III|The Bride (1964 film)|lt=The Bride|fa|عروس فرنگی}} ({{Langx|fa|عروس فرنگی|translit=Arouse Farangi}}) *1963 – A Passenger from Heaven *1961 – The Roasted Duck *1960 – The Nobody *1960 – The Doll Behind the Window *1960 – Safarali *1959 – Luck and Love and Coincidence *1958 – {{III|A Ray of Hope (film)|lt=A Ray of Hope|fa|روزنه امید}} ({{Langx|fa|روزنه امید|translit=Rowzanehe Omid}}) *1957 – ''{{III|Ladder of Progress|fa|نردبان ترقی}}'' ({{Langx|fa|نردبان ترقی|translit=Nardebane Taraghi}}) *1956 – The Sun Shines *1956 – The Fifth Marriage
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1033328|Nosratollah Vahdat}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138201181001/|title=نصرت اله وحدت - سازمان توسعه سینمایی سوره}}
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