Sanaa Gamil

Sanaa Gamil

1930-04-27 – 2002-12-22 (age 72) Egypt
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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.

She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist Louis Greiss and had no children.

She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb

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Known For

The Message
The Message

1976

as Sumayya

The Beginning and the End
The Lady's Driver
The Lady's Driver

1993

as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا

Money slaves
Money slaves

1953

as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه

The Second Wife
The Second Wife

1967

as Hafiza حفيظة

Zeinab
Zeinab

1952

as مسعودة

Dawn of a New Day
Dawn of a New Day

1964

as Nayla

Al-Kharteet
Al-Kharteet

1987

as نرجس

Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Al Shaytan wal Kharif

1972

as نرجس

The Unknown
The Unknown

1984

as Aleya "The Mother"

Doubt, My Love
Doubt, My Love

1979

as بهيجة

Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
killer mother
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve

1951

as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée

Lady of The Train
Lady of The Train

1952

as Afaf

Your Wisdom, God!
Ahlan Ya Captin
Ana Wi Habibi
Ana Wi Habibi

1953

as Fake Lover

Back Streets
I'll Never Cry
I'll Never Cry

1957

as Samiha