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Sanaa Gamil

Sanaa Gamil (Arabic: سناء جميل‎), born Thoraya Youssef Atallah (Arabic: ثريا يوسف عطالله‎) (April 27, 1930 – December 22, 2002), was an Egyptian actress. 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.[1] 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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Born:
Apr 27, 1930 In Egypt
Movie/TV Credits:
46
First Appeared:
In the movie Adam and Eve 1951-05-07
Latest Project:
Movie Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better 1998-11-24
Known For
Poster of The White Flag
Poster of Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
Poster of Eyes
Filmography
Movie Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better Sayed's Mother 1998-11-24
Series Aunt Safiya & the Monastery 1996-03-24
Series Saken Osady سلوى 1995-01-31
Movie Mr. K 1994-02-07
Movie The Lady's Driver لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا 1993-12-12
Movie The Lady from Cairo 1992-01-02
Series اللعبة المجنونة 1991-01-01
Series An Escape Night 1989-04-06
Series الحب وسنينه 1989-08-08
Series The White Flag فضة المعداوي 1988-04-18
Movie The Basement 1987-05-28
Series أزواج لكن غرباء 1986-05-09
Movie Nessa Khalf Al Qodban 1986-11-03
Movie The Unknown Om Nagy 1984-06-23
Series Eyes 1980-07-13
Movie The Cursed baheria 1979-01-01
Movie Al-Shakk ya Habibi بهيجة 1979-01-01
Series إصلاحية جبل الليمون 1979-01-29
Series قلوب فقدت الحب 1977-01-07
Movie توحيدة 1976-09-29
Movie Back Streets 1974-08-19
Movie Al Shaytan wal Kharif 1972-08-14
Movie The Second Wife Hafiza حفيظة 1967-10-14
Movie The Impossible فاطمة 1966-01-02
Movie Dawn of a New Day Nayla 1964-02-10
Movie A Beginning and an Ending نفيسة 1960-10-31
Movie I'll Never Cry Samiha 1957-02-25
Movie Nisaa Fi Hayaty 1957-01-31
Movie The Sky Devils Head Nurse 1956-04-02
Movie أحلام الربيع 1955-03-04
Movie April Fool 1954-08-08
Movie Marret El-ayam 1954-01-14
Movie Ya Zalemni 1954-05-31
Movie Ana Wi Habibi Fake Lover 1953-03-30
Movie شريك حياتى سهير 1953-03-23
Movie Money slaves فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه 1953-04-19
Movie في شرع مين 1953-10-15
Movie Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool زوجة المرابي اليهودي 1953-06-09
Movie Have Mercy 1953-10-29
Movie Zeinab مسعودة 1952-01-01
Movie الأم القاتلة 1952-01-01
Movie Good News Noura 1952-04-07
Movie The Great Clown 1952-04-21
Movie The Lady on the Train Afaf 1952-08-28
Movie Iidini eaqlak Bahiga 1952-12-22
Movie Adam and Eve Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée 1951-05-07