Stars of the golden era of Egyptian Cinema
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1. Omar Sharif
Actor | Lawrence of Arabia
Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and ...
2. Faten Hamamah
Actress | Orid hallan
Faten Hamama (known as "The Lady of the Arabic Screen") has become an icon and the most important actress of Egyptian and Arabic cinema. She is also the most honored actress in the Middle East. Every decade of her life represents a new era of acting and witnessed the reshaping and progression of ...
known as "The Lady of the Eastern Screen"
3. Hind Rustum
Actress | Bayn el samaa wa el ard
Hind Rostom(November 11, 1929 - August 8, 2011) was one of the most popular Egyptian actresses.
Actress Hind Rostom, is a star from the golden era of Egyptian cinema.
With her blond hair and good looks, Rostom often played the sultry seductress, and she quickly rose to become one of Egypt's best-known...
known as "Queen of seduction" "Marilyn Monroe of the East"
4. Suad Husni
Actress | Al-raii wa al nesaa
Souad Muhammad Kamal Hosny Al Baba was born on January 26th, 1942 in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt. She was the 10th sibling of 17 brothers and sisters. Husni was known as the "Cinderella" of Arab cinema and one of the most influential actresses in the Arabic art world. She ascended to stardom in the end of ...
known as "Cindrella of Egyptian Cinema"
5. Shadia
Actress | Lahn el wafaa
Shadia was born on February 8, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Lahn el wafaa (1955), Shati el zekriat (1955) and Uyoon Sahranah (1956). She was married to Salah Zulfikar, Aziz Fathi and Imad Hamdi. She died on November 28, 2017 in Cairo, Egypt.
6. Ahmad Mazhar
Actor | El Naser Salah el Dine
Ahmad Mazhar was born on October 8, 1917 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for Saladin (1963), Noufouss haira (1968) and El dow' El khafet (1961). He was married to Dodi. He died on May 8, 2002 in Cairo, Egypt.
known as "Knight of the Egyptian Cinema"
7. Rushdi Abazah
Actor | The Ten Commandments
He was one of the greatest actors of all times, who had ever acted in the Egyptian & Arabic cinema history.
Descendant from the Abaza Family, one of the richest and most well-known families in whole Egypt.
Appeared in more than 100 film, most notable for his roles in films such as: Tamr Henna, Serae ...
8. Imad Hamdi
Actor | Khan el khalili
Imad Hamdi was born on November 25, 1909 in Suhag, Egypt. He was an actor and producer, known for Khan el khalili (1967), Shati el zekriat (1955) and Ana el-Madhi (1950). He was married to Nadia El Gendy, Shadia and Fathia El Sherif. He died on January 28, 1984 in Cairo, Egypt.
9. Nadia Lutfi
Actress | El khaena
Nadia Lutfi was born Poula Mohamed Shafiq in 1937 in Cairo to an Egyptian father and a Polish mother. Her father was an accountant. Acting started as a hobby, when she was 10 years old she participated in a play at her school and did very well.
Her first roles in Egyptian cinema were in Soultan (...
10. Shukri Sarhan
Actor | Habibi el asmar
Shukri Sarhan was born on March 21, 1925 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Habibi el asmar (1958), Rannet el kholkhal (1955) and Shati el zekriat (1955). He was married to Nermeen Aouf. He died on March 29, 1997 in Cairo, Egypt.
11. Magda
Actress | Mn Oheb
Magda is an Egyptian actress. She started her career at the age of 15 using a pseudonym, so that her parents wouldn't know. Her breakthrough came in 1949 in the film "Al Naseh" (The Mentor), after which she went on to become one of the most popular female actresses in Egyptian cinema history. Her ...
12. Mahmoud Al Meleji
Actor | Ghazal al-banat
Mahmoud Al Meleji was born on December 22, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for The Flirtation of Girls (1949), Amir el-Inteqam (1950) and El Fetewa (1957). He was married to Alwiya Gamil. He died on June 6, 1983 in Cairo, Egypt.
13. Madihah Yusri
Actress | Wafaa ilal abad
Madihah Yusri was born on December 3, 1919 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress and producer, known for Wafaa ilal abad (1962), Amir el-Inteqam (1950) and Wafaa (1953). She was married to Ahmed Salem, Mohamed Amine, Muhammad Fawzi and Ibrahim Salama Alradi. She died on May 29, 2018 in Cairo, Egypt.
known as "Brunette of the Nile"
14. Farid Shawqi
Actor | Cemile
Farid Shawqi was born on July 3, 1920 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for Cemile (1968), El jassus (1964) and Abou Rabie (1973). He was married to Soheir Turk, Huda Sultan, Saneya Shawky and Zynab Abdel Hady. He died on July 27, 1998 in Cairo, Egypt.
known as "monster of the Egyptian Cinema"
15. Abdel Halim Hafez
Soundtrack | Abi foq al-Shagara
Abdel Halim Hafez was born on June 21, 1929, in the village of Al-Hilwat in the province of Al-Sharkia, the fourth child of Sheikh Ali Ismael Shabana following after Ismael, Aliah, and Mohamed. His mother died during his delivery. His father was to die five years later. His work included 16 feature...
known as "Al Andaleeb" "Halim"
16. Umm Kulthum
Actress | Wedad
Umm Kulthum was born on May 4, 1904 in Tammay al-Zahayrah, Daqahliyah, Egypt. She was an actress and composer, known for Wedad (1936), Nashid al-Amal (1937) and Aydah (1942). She died on February 3, 1975 in Cairo, Egypt.
known as "El Sitt (The Lady)" "Planet of the East"
17. Laila Mourad
Actress | Ghazal al-banat
Laila Mourad was born on February 17, 1918 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Flirtation of Girls (1949), Shati el gharam (1950) and Leila, bint el rif (1941). She was married to Fatin Abdulwahhab, Wageeh Abaza and Anwar Wagdi. She died on November 21, 1995 in Cairo, Egypt.
known as "The Curlew's voice"
18. Lobna Abdel Aziz
Actress | Arouss el Nil
Lobna Abdel Aziz is known for Arouss el Nil (1963), El wessada el khalia (1957) and Bahia (1960).
19. Maryam Fakhruddin
Actress | La anam
Maryam Fakhruddin was born on January 8, 1933 in Faiyum, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Sleepless (1957), The Cursed Palace (1962) and Bila awda (1961). She was married to Mohamad Altawel, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Sharif Alfadali and Fahd Ballan. She died on November 3, 2014 in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt.
20. Ahmed Ramzy
Actor | Saut min el madi
Ahmed Ramzy was a famous Egyptian actor who was born in Alexandria in 1930. He played the leading roles in many Egyptian films in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was born Ramzy Mahmud Bayumi to Dr Mahmoud Bayoumi, a famous Egyptian orthopedist, and Helen MacKay, a Scottish lady. His dad died in ...
21. Ismail Yassin
Actor | Ismail Yassine fil madhaf el shami
Ismail Yassin was born on September 15, 1912 in Suez, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Ismail Yassine fil madhaf el shami (1956), Ismail Yassine Tarazane (1958) and Ismail Yassine fil tayyaran (1959). He died on May 24, 1972 in Cairo, Egypt.
22. Sabah
Actress | Khataf Merati
Sabah was born on November 10, 1927 in Wadi Chahrour, Lebanon. She was an actress and producer, known for Khataf Merati (1954), Sharia el hub (1958) and Afrah al chabab (1964). She was married to Rushdi Abazah, Wassim Tabbara, Anwr Mansi, Baligh Hamdy, Nagib Shammas, Ahmed Farag, Joe Hammoud, Fadi ...
known as "Elsabooha" "Elshahrora"
23. Laila Taher
Actress | El Naser Salah el Dine
Laila Taher is known for Saladin (1963), Ya habibi (1960) and Long Time, Love (1973).
24. Ragaa Al-Gidawy
Actress | The Legend
Thanks to her work for an advertising agency, Ragaa el-Geddawy had the opportunity to launch a career in modeling, then later moved into working as an actress. After the birth of her daughter, she took a break from acting for a time in order to travel with her husband, a professional football ...
25. Magda El-Khatib
Actress | Men Nazrat Ain
Magda El-Khatib was born in 1943 in Egypt. She was an actress and producer, known for Men Nazrat Ain (2004), Zaier el-fager (1975) and Ahlam Umrena (2005). She died on November 17, 2006 in Cairo, Egypt.
26. Soheir El-Bably
Actress | Al asal al murr
She joined the Institute of Performing Arts and the Institute of music at the same time,So she face a great family pressure.She worked in the theater, and made a play (Shamshon and Galila) and play (Suleiman al-Halabi), but shined in plays (Madraset El Moshaghbeen), and (Nargis), and (Ria and Skena...
27. Soheir Ramzy
Actress | El-Khatwah el-Dameyah
Her first appearance in the cinema where she was not exceed the age of six, through their appearance in the movie "Sahefet Sawaba" in 1956, but she decided to stop then return after four years in the movie "Girls and Summer". He worked as a hostess and then a fashion model but returned again to the...
28. Shouweikar
Actress | Akhtar ragol fil alam
Shouweikar was born on May 4, 1935 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1967), Men Don't Marry Beauties (1965) and Circle of Revenge (1976). She was married to Fouad El-Mohandes, Youssef Medhat and Hassan Nafie Aljawaherji. She died on August 14, ...
29. Aminah Rizq
Actress | Cleobatra
Aminah Rizq was born on April 13, 1910 in Tanta, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Cleobatra (1943), Al-mouled (1989) and Saut min el madi (1956). She died on August 24, 2003 in Cairo, Egypt.
30. Zahrat El-Ula
Actress | Ana el hareb
Zahrat El-Ula is known for Ana el hareb (1962), Mawad gharam (1956) and El Maganin El Talata (1970).
31. Anwar Wagdi
Actor | Ghazal al-banat
Anwar Wagdi was born on October 11, 1904 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and director, known for The Flirtation of Girls (1949), El Millioner (1950) and Qalbi Dalili (1947). He was married to Layla Fawzi, Laila Mourad and Elham Hussein. He died on May 14, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden.
known as "The Don Juan of the Egyptian Cinema"
32. Adel Adham
Actor | Gahim taht el-Ma
Adel Adham was born on March 8, 1928 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Gahim taht el-Ma (1989), The Bad Guys (1970) and Antar Zamanuh (1994). He died on February 1, 1996 in Cairo, Egypt.
33. Mahmoud Moursy
Actor | Ana el hareb
Mahmoud Moursy was born on June 7, 1923 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Ana el hareb (1962), El khaena (1965) and The Cost of Freedom (1964). He was married to Samihah Ayyoob. He died on April 24, 2004 in Cairo, Egypt.
34. Samihah Ayyoob
Actress | Shati el gharam
She graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art in 1953. Balance stood on the stage throughout her career of nearly 170 plays, including: (Rabaa el adwia, road safety, blood on the cover of the Kaaba, Ogammnon, Caucasian Chalk Circle). Although theatrical works control of the majority of ...
known as "The lady of Eastern Theater"
35. Husain Reyadh
Actor | Amir el-Inteqam
Husain Reyadh was born on January 13, 1897 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Amir el-Inteqam (1950), Hub fil zalam (1953) and Baba Amin (1950). He died on July 9, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt.
36. Salah Zulfikar
Producer | Ana el hareb
Salah Zulfikar was an Egyptian actor and producer. He started his career as a police officer before becoming an actor in 1956. He is considered one of the greatest Egyptian actors of all time. He was one of the most consistent box-office performers in Egyptian cinema. Zulfikar starred in over fifty...
37. Samia Gamal
Actress | Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs
Her career began with "Badia Masabni" band where she was involved in dancing in groups, and in 1943 began working in the field of cinema where she formed a successful dual team with the artist "Farid al-Atrash" in several movies and did the most famous dances with him. Her dance was characterized ...
38. Tahiyyah Karyuka
Actress | Shati el gharam
Although her parents did not approve of her becoming a belly dancer, she became world renowned. Although Islam frowned upon belly dancing, she was the only one recognized with a public funeral procession. She performed in over 300 movies and television shows. She gave up dancing in 1963 but as late...
known as "Tooha"
39. Umar El-Hariri
Actor | El Naser Salah el Dine
Umar El-Hariri was born on June 16, 1922 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Saladin (1963), Son of the Nile (1951) and El Sab'a Afandi (1951). He was married to Nadia Sultan, Aamal Al Selihdar and Rashida. He died on October 16, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.
40. Yehia Chahine
Actor | Khariet el ochak
Yehia Chahine was born in 1917. He was an actor and producer, known for Khariet el ochak (1954), Malekat el leil (1971) and Kahramana (1958). He died in 1993.
41. Zinat Sidqi
Actress | Sallem al Habayeb
Zinat Sidqi was born on May 4, 1912 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Sallem al Habayeb (1958), Warra el setar (1937) and Shi min la shi (1939). She died on March 2, 1978 in Cairo, Egypt.
42. Tawfik El Deken
Actor | El Fetewa
Tawfik El Deken was born on May 3, 1924 in Egypt. He was an actor, known for El Fetewa (1957), Shati el zekriat (1955) and El Sab'a Afandi (1951). He was married to Nawal El Rakhawi. He died on November 26, 1988 in Cairo, Egypt.
43. Abdel Fatah Al Kasri
Actor | Ibn Hamidu
Abdel Fatah Al Kasri was born in 1905 in Egypt. He was an actor, known for Son of Hamido (1957), Shi min la shi (1939) and Ismail Yassine fil madhaf el shami (1956). He died on March 2, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt.
44. Samir Sabri
Actor | Gahim taht el-Ma
Samir graduated from the English section at the Faculty of Arts, having previously finished his studies at the famous Victoria College. He then went on to study drama at Oxford, specialising in Shakespeare. He played the lead in over 85 films.
45. Lebleba
Actress | The Blue Elephant
Text: Youngest of four children two brothers and a sister Lebleba - whose birth name is Ninotchka - was named after the 1939 movie Ninotchka. That same year, her mother, Zarouhi Kalfaian, wanted to name her first daughter Ninotchka but because of a family tradition named her Perouz. In 1946 when ...
46. Zaki Rostom
Actor | El Fetewa
His life began in representation, when he was a student in the bachelor's in 1924, while impressed by the (George Abiad) and attached him to his band.He refused to complete his study in the Faculty of Law.Turning to "Ramses" band in 1925 with (Ahmad Allam), who was assigned main roles to him.He ...
47. Amal Zayed
Actress | Yahya el hub
Amal Zayed is known for Yahya el hub (1938), Khan el khalili (1967) and Aydah (1942).
48. Sanaa Gameel
Actress | Saken Ossady
Egyptian actress. She studied at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1953 and worked at the National Troupe and famous for good performance in Mandarin and French. The art was the cause of the rupture that occurred between her and her family , but she bore the dimension of them for...
49. Salah Mansour
Actor | Amir el-Inteqam
Salah Mansour is known for Amir el-Inteqam (1950), Ana el hareb (1962) and Armalat wathalath banat (1965).
50. Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Soundtrack | Good Bye Lenin!
Mohamed Abdel Wahab was born on March 13, 1901 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a composer and actor, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Mamnou'a el hub (1942) and The Sheltering Sky (1990). He was married to Nahla Al Qudsi and Iqbal. He died on May 3, 1991 in Cairo, Egypt.
51. Youssef Fakhr Eddine
Actor | Nemar el-Talamzah
Youssef Fakhr Eddine was born in 1938 in Egypt. He was an actor, known for Nemar el-Talamzah (1964), Min ajal emraa (1959) and Ehtaressi Men El-Regal Ya Mama (1975). He was married to Nadia Seif El-Nasr. He died in October 2003 in Athens, Greece.
52. Zubida Tharwat
Actress | Itharissi minal hub
Zubida Tharwat was born on June 14, 1940 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Itharissi minal hub (1959), Nesf azraa (1961) and El malak el saghir (1958). She was married to Ehab Al Ghazzawi, Sobhy Farahat, Walaa Ismael and Omar Nagy. She died on December 13, 2016 in Egypt.
"she was famous for her blue eyes"
53. Naimah Akef
Actress | Tamr Hinnah
Naimah Akef was born on October 7, 1932 in Tanta, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Tamr Hinnah (1957), El nimr (1952) and Min ajl Hanafi (1964). She died on April 23, 1966 in Cairo, Egypt.
54. Layla Fawzi
Actress | Min ajal emraa
Layla Fawzi was an actress, known for Min ajal emraa (1959), Gamal wa Dalal (1945) and Safeer gohannam (1945). She was married to Jalal Moa'awad, Aziz Osman and Anwar Wagdi. She died on January 12, 2005 in Cairo, Egypt.
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