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
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 |