Widad Hamdi
Egyptian actress (1924–1994)
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Wedad Hamdi[a] (Arabic: وداد حمدي) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.[1]
Born
7 March 1924
Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah
7 March 1924
Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
Died26 March 1994 (aged 70)
Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt
Causeof death
StabbingOccupationActress
Wedad Hamdi | |
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| وداد حمدي | |
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| Born | Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah 7 March 1924 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt |
| Died | 26 March 1994 (aged 70) Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt |
Cause of death | Stabbing |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1945–1994 |
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Early life
Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years.[2] Hamdi started her career as a singer.[1]
Career
Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).[3]
She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.[2]
Personal life
Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.[3]
Murder
Selected filmography
Film
- This Was My Father's Crime (1945)
- Bread and Salt (1949)
- The Love Office (1950)
- A Million Pounds (1954)
- Miss Hanafi (1954)
- Fatawat el Husseinia (1955)
- The Female Boss (1959)
- Forbidden Women (1959)
- Hassan and Nayima (1959)
- Love and Adoration (1960)
- A Storm of Love (1961)
- Wife Number 13 (1962)
- Soft Hands (1963)
- In Summer We Must Love (1974)
- Whom Should We Shoot? (1975)
- Mouths and Rabbits (1977)
- Min Fadlik Wa Ihsanik (1986)
- My Dear, We’re All Thieves (1989)
Television
- The Return of the Spirit (1977)
Plays
- Azeeza and Younis (Azeeza W Younis)
- 20 Hens and a Rooster (20 farkha we deek)
- A Game Called Love (L’eba esmaha al-hobb)
- Mother of Rateeba (Om-Rateeba)
See also
Notes
- Sometimes listed as "Wedad Hamdi"
