Ragaa Hussein
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7 November 1937
Ragaa Hussein | |
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| رجاء حسين | |
 Ragaa Hussein in 1976 | |
| Born | Ragaa Hussein 7 November 1937 |
| Died | 9 August 2022 (aged 84) Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–2017 |
Ragaa Hussein (7 November 1937 – 9 August 2022) was an Egyptian actress. She was a versatile actress who performed in cinema, theatre, and TV series for over 60 years.[1][2]
Ragaa Hussein was born on 7 November 1937 in Qalyubiyya Governorate, in the Nile Delta region of Egypt.[1][2]
Acting career
Ragaa Hussein began her artistic career in 1954.[2] In 1958, she joined the El Rihany theaterical troupe established by Naguib el-Rihani in Cairo in the late 1910s.[1][2][3] She worked on a number of radio and television programmes.[1][2] She also acted in the Egyptian classic TV dramas and other TV series.[1] During her long film career, she made more appearances in the movies directed by Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.[2] Some of these movies include Warm Nights (1961), Mouths and Rabbits (1977), I Want a Solution (1975), The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976), Money and Women (1960), An Egyptian Story (1982), Alexandria Again and Forever (1989), and Nawara (2015).[4][2][1][5][3]
Personal life
Ragaa Hussein married Saif Abdel Rahman, an actor and producer.[1]
Selected filmography
- Money and Women (1960)
- Warm Nights (1961)
- I Want a Solution (1975)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
- Mouths and Rabbits (1977)
- An Egyptian Story (1982)
- Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
- Nawara (2015)[6][7][8][9]
