Abdulhussain Abdulredha
Kuwaiti actor and writer
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Abdulhussain Abdulredha (Arabic: عبد الحسين عبد الرضا, romanized: ʿAbd al-Ḥussain ʿAbd ar-Riḍā; 15 July 1939[1][2] – 11 August 2017) was an Kuwaiti actor.
July 15, 1939
Abdulhussain Abdulredha | |
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_version.jpg) Abdulredha in 2009 | |
| Born | Abdulhussain Abdulredha Mohammed Awad July 15, 1939 Sharq, Protectorate of Kuwait |
| Died | August 11, 2017 (aged 78) London, England |
| Other names | Abo Adnan |
| Occupations | Actor, writer |
| Years active | 1960–2017 |
| Title | The father of comedy, icon comedy |
| Awards | Arab League Award for Pioneer in Theatre Award for Theatre Star, Kuwait (1980) Award for Entrepreneurship in Theatre, Tunisia (1987) Award for Pioneer of Arabic Theatre, Cairo (1988) Sultan Bin Al Owais Award for Arabic Artistic Creativity, (1997) |
Background
Abdulredha was born in Derwazat Al Abdulrazzaq, Al-Awazem village in Sharq, Kuwait, to 'Ajam of Kuwait parents. He was the seventh among 14 siblings. He initially worked in the Department of Printing of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Guidance and Information. He then traveled on a mission to Egypt at the expense of the ministry in 1956 to learn the art of printmaking, and in 1961 he traveled on a mission to Germany to complete his studies in the printmaking arts.[2] He continued this job until he reached the position of observer in the Printing Section of the Ministry of Information.[1] He married four wives[3] and has three daughters and two sons, among them Bashar and Adnan, who works in the technical field and has attempted to write poetry and the preparation of TV programs,[2] as well as Mona, Bebe, and Manal. He was a Shia Muslim.
Assassination attempt
After the liberation of Kuwait, the art scene saw a lot of drama about the invasion. Abdulredha presented a play called Sword of the Arabs in 1992, addressing the period of the invasion. He survived an assassination attempt on his way to one of the performances by suspected Iraqi mukhabarat.[4]
Death
On 11 August 2017, Abdulredha died of heart attack in the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, aged 78. His funeral was held in the afternoon of August 16, 2017, in Kuwait.[5] He died in a city that he used as a name for one of his most popular comedies called "Bye Bye London", which was about Kuwaiti people that travel to London and try to settle there.
Filmography
TV series
Year of Production Serial Personal Participation
- 1977, Darb Alzalaq, Hussein Bin Acol Saad Al-Faraj, Khalid Al-Nafisi, Abdul Aziz al-Nimesh, the useful
- 1977, Fate, Hammoud Tawash Saad Al Faraj, Abdul Aziz al-Nimesh, Ghanem Al Saleh
- 1981, Tutorial, Noah Suad Abdullah, Ibrahim Sallal, Maryam Saleh, Hayat Al Fahad
- 2009, Big Love, Khalifa Fenner Ibrahim Harbi, Badriya Ahmed, inspiration residue, Ahmed Salman
Cinema
Year of Production Name of the movie Participation
- 1965 Storm Khalid Al-Nafisi
