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Abdel Warith Assir
Egypt
Born in Gammaleyya (popular district in Cairo) to a lawyer father, Abdul Waareth loved reading and became a connoisseur of Arabic Language. Though he joined the faculty of law, ye…
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Born in Gammaleyya (popular district in Cairo) to a lawyer father, Abdul Waareth loved reading and became a connoisseur of Arabic Language. Though he joined the faculty of law, yet he left it after his father’s death to take care of their land. Meanwhile as a great fan of acting and arts he joined The George Abyad Troupe in 1912. His first small role was that of actor keen to which he was trained on by actor Mansy Fahmy. Amr Wasfy the troupe manger then gave him the role of an elderly person. The role that never parted him. In 1935, he started acting on the silver screen. Alongside with acting he had a job as a clerk in the ministry of finance. As Abdul Waareth was a talented writer he wrote a big number of radio series and film scripts including “Zeinab”, the cinema speaking version. He also wrote and adapted four plays together with Soulaymaan Nagueeb. Abdul Waareth excelled in the art of speech and taught it at The Higher Institute of Cinema since its establishment in 1959 until 1967. For TV her acted in TV series “Ahlaam al-fata al-taa’er i.e. Dreams of a flying guy”. He received the best script award for “Gonoun al-hobb i.e. Love madness”. He was also awarded the State Award and Medal of Arts by president Sadaat. Through his great talent of speech and intonation he deeply touched the heart and conscience of the audience thus creating his special way of performance and becoming a phenomenal speaker.
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1979
Alexandria… Why?
Movie The Sheikh
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1979
Don't cry, my love of life
Movie Sheikh Abdullah
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1979
My Dear Children, Thank You
TV show الحاج عبد الفضيل
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1979
Storm of Tears
Movie
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1979
Aqwa Min Al-Ayam
Movie
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1978
Shafiqa and Metwally
Movie الجد
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1978
Desire and Price
Movie Mustafa - مصطفى
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1978
Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
TV show
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1978
Les Misérables
Movie
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1977
Sonya and the Madman
Movie
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1976
The Sinners
Movie نجيب
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1976
The Message
Movie Yasir
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1974
Oh The wonders of time
Movie Hag AlDalgamony
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1974
الأخوة الأعداء
Movie Haj Saleh الحاج صالح
- 1973
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1972
The Sparrow
Movie
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1972
The People and the Nile
Movie
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1972
Wild Flowers
Movie عم موسى
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1970
The Land
Movie Mayor
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1969
The People Inside
Movie
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1968
Kandil om Hashem
Movie Hajj Rajab
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1968
The technical secretary
Movie الشيخ خميس أبو العزايم
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1966
Khan El-Khalili
Movie
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1965
The Mountain
Movie
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1964
Adham Al-Sharqawi
Movie Ashour Effendi
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1963
Alley of The Pestle
Movie Hajj Kamel
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1963
Bent 16
Movie
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1962
Ghosn Al-Zaytoun
Movie خليل أفندي
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1961
Mawa'ed Ma' Almady
Movie Abdul Wahab
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1960
شجرة العائلة
Movie شعبان عبد الباسط
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1960
في بيتنا رجل
TV show
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1959
A Heart of Gold
Movie Abdulkarim
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1958
Abo Hadeed
Movie Jaber
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1958
Repentance
Movie Writer
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1958
Mid-night driver
Movie Uncle Jad Abu Badriya
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1957
Leila Raheeba
Movie عبد الستار
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1957
Ismail Yassine In the Navy
Movie المعلم حنفى / أبو نادية / وعم رجب
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1957
The Empty Pillow
Movie
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1957
Land of Peace
Movie Mazen (Salma's father)
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1956
A Voice from the Past
Movie
