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Wedad Hamdi (Egyptian Arabic: وداد حمدى) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.
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. Hamdi started her career as a singer.
Career
Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).
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.
Personal life
Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.
Murder
Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name.
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
Cinema of Egypt
Lists of Egyptian films
Notes
References
External links
Widad Hamdi at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ha Yejanuni
- Saher El Nessaa
- Jaoz El Arba
- Widad Hamdi
- Zeinat Sedki
- Bread and salt (disambiguation)
- Allah maana
- Mouths and Rabbits
- Love and Adoration
- Soft Hands (film)
- Qays wa Laila
- Heaven and Hell (1952 film)
- Furigat
