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Lebanon
An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's tr…
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An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's troupe with Youssef Wahbi and remained in the troupe for many years, then joined the National Troupe. She worked in the plays Tosca, Divorce, The Count of Monte Cristo, Homeland, Rasputin, The Honorable Representative, and Polluted Blood. She was famous for her role as a strong-willed woman and a cruel mother-in-law in the films she worked in. She was married to the great artist Mahmoud Al-Meligy from 1939 until his death in 1983. Before that, she had married when she was thirteen years old and gave birth to her only daughter, Isis. She retired from acting in 1967 and passed away in 1994.
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1964
A wife from Paris
Movie والدة سامية
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1964
The Black Cat
TV show Amina
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1963
Prisoner of the Night
Movie
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1962
The Cursed Palace
Movie Najiya
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1961
No Understanding
Movie Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
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1961
The Student
Movie أم حسن
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1960
In Your Hands
Movie
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1960
Abu Ahmad
Movie
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1958
Maa Al Ayam
Movie
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1958
Chabab El Yom
Movie Umm Fathia
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1957
Leila Raheeba
Movie أمينة
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1957
The Road of Hope
Movie ام حسين
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1957
The End of Love
Movie
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1957
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Movie Hasan's mom
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1957
The Suspect
Movie fekry's mother
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1956
Miracle from heaven
Movie ام سلوى
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1955
الغائبة
Movie
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1955
The Unknown Beloved
Movie Laila's mother
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1955
Nahnu Bashar
Movie
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1955
God Is on Our Side
Movie
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1954
دلوني يا ناس
Movie الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
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1954
El naas makamat
Movie Hamid's wife
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1953
Women Without Men
Movie
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1952
Qadam Al Kheir
Movie
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1952
killer mother
Movie نعمت
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1951
Al-Sharaff Ghali
Movie
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1947
Treachery and torment
Movie
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1947
Zohrah
Movie
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1946
The white angel
Movie
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1946
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Movie Munira Hanem
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1945
Casino el latafa
Movie
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1945
The First Love
Movie
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1945
El Mazaher
Movie
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1944
Ibn Al-Haddad
Movie جلبهار هانم
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1944
Executioner's sword
Movie
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1944
Wahida
Movie
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1944
Berlanty
Movie Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
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1942
Children of the poor
Movie عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
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1941
The Victory of Youth
Movie ام محي
