Hamide Kheyrabadi (حمیده خیر آبادی) born 21 December 1924, Rasht died 19 April 2010, Tehran, was a celebrated Iranian film and theatre actress. She played in more than 200 feature films and in over 20 television series. Inside Iran, she is affectionately referred to as Nadereh and Mother of the Iranian Cinema. Hamide Kheyrabadi was born in Rasht, the capital of the Gilan Province, Iran. Whereas she married at the very young age of 13, she continued with her studies and completed her secondary-school education. In the middle of 1950s she divorce.
