Yehia Chahine
Acting
Born: September 28, 1917 · Giza, Egypt
Died: March 18, 1994 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
Biography
Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
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Movies (83)
Dawn of Islam
1971
Queen of the Night
أحمد عزت
Alexandria… Why?
British Ambassador
The Land
Sheikh Hassouna
Mansion of Longing
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
Some Live Twice
Ahmed
Between Two Palaces
السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
The Lights
مراد
Son of Cleopatra
Safar
Zeinab
إبراهيم
Samra Sinai
Adel
Sleepless
Ahmed Lutfy
Oh The wonders of time
Ahmed Assem
The Female Boss
Abbas
The People Inside
رفاعي
The Bloody Destiny
Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
All That Love
ناصف الليثي
Bit of Fear
الشيخ إبراهيم
Lady of The Train
Farid
Three Thieves
judge
The Teenagers
Shams شمس
Laila Al Amriya
Qais bin Al-Malouh
Life is Love
Adel
Dananeir
زياد
Where Did My Life Go
د. خالد
Salamah
عبد الرحمن القس
Al Sokkareya
Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
A Bit of Torment
الرسّام أحمد خالد
Lovers Village
عبد الكريم
The Little Angel
1957
Son of the Nile
الشيخ إبراهيم
Lovers of the Night
1957
رجل بلا قلب
جلال
The Little Doll
1956
Dahaya el madania
1946
Kisma wa Nassib
Asem Shaker, Engineer
Pity My Tears
Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
The Man I Love
1962
الأخوة الأعداء
El-Armany الأرماني
The black knight
Essam
A Plot
مراد
Al-Ans station
1942
Scandal monger
Ahmed
She was an angel
1947
The Landlord
1988
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Ahmed Awad
Kahraman
1958
The Stranger
1956
Marret El-ayam
1954
Doubt, My Love
عبدالرحيم
انتقام الحبيب
1951
Hababa
1944
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
بلال بن رباح
A man and two women
1966
Farewell at dawn
1956
The Confession
Ibrahim
Storms
1946
El taisha
1946
Tofahet Adam
Youssef Bey
Soultanat al-sahra
Hassan
I Am Love
1954
The Barrier
Salah صلاح
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
السفير صدقي
Ashiaa La Tushtra
1970
The sad countryside
1948
This is Love
Hussein
If I Was Rich
كمال خطيب وهيبة
Solomon's Ring
Mahmoud
Isalu kalbi
1952
They Made Me a Criminal
الشيخ حسن
باسم الحب
عبد الغفار
El Mazaher
Mahmoud El Banhawy
The Silent Love
1958
For Love
1955
Rawaat El Hob
محمود سالم
Rawiyah
Officer Samir Magdy
مخلب القط
حمدي
The Pasha's daughter
ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
Elham
1950
Boys and Girls
1965
Bint Al-Sheikh
1943
The Accused
وكيل النيابة
Gharam El Sheyukh
1946
