People
Sanaa Gamil
Biography:
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil.
One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie.
Not only a movie actress, but more importantly one of the best Egyptian theater actresses. She has also played a number of roles on the French Stage for La Comedie Francaise.
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Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better as Sayed's Mother | 1998-11-24 |
Mr. K | 1994-02-07 |
The Lady's Driver as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا | 1993-12-12 |
The Lady from Cairo | 1992-01-02 |
The Basement | 1987-05-28 |
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban | 1986-11-03 |
The Unknown as Om Nagy | 1984-06-23 |
The Cursed as baheria | 1979-01-01 |
Al-Shakk ya Habibi as بهيجة | 1979-01-01 |
Your Wisdom, God! | 1976-12-13 |
توحيدة | 1976-09-29 |
Back Streets | 1974-08-19 |
Al Shaytan wal Kharif | 1972-08-14 |
The Second Wife as Hafiza | 1967-10-14 |
زهرة الصبار as الآنسة جيهان | 1967-01-01 |
The Impossible | 1966-01-02 |
Dawn of a New Day as Nayla | 1964-02-10 |
A Beginning and an Ending as نفيسة | 1960-10-31 |
I'll Never Cry as Samiha | 1957-02-25 |
Nisaa Fi Hayaty | 1957-01-31 |
The Sky Devils as Head Nurse | 1956-04-02 |
أحلام الربيع | 1955-03-04 |
April Fool | 1954-08-08 |
Ya Zalemni | 1954-05-31 |
Marret El-ayam | 1954-01-14 |
Have Mercy | 1953-10-29 |
في شرع مين | 1953-10-15 |
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool as زوجة المرابي اليهودي | 1953-06-09 |
Money slaves as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه | 1953-04-19 |
Ana Wi Habibi as Fake Lover | 1953-03-30 |
شريك حياتى as سهير | 1953-03-23 |
Iidini eaqlak as Bahiga | 1952-12-22 |
The Lady on the Train as Afaf | 1952-08-28 |
The Great Clown | 1952-04-21 |
Good News as Noura | 1952-04-07 |
الأم القاتلة | 1952-01-01 |
Zeinab as مسعودة | 1952-01-01 |
Adam and Eve as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée | 1951-05-07 |