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)
Son of Cleopatra
Safar
Alexandria… Why?
British Ambassador
Son of the Nile
الشيخ إبراهيم
The Land
Sheikh Hassouna
Three Thieves
judge
Where Did My Life Go
د. خالد
Al Sokkareya
Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
Life is Love
Adel
The Bloody Destiny
Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
Dananeir
زياد
Lady of The Train
Farid
Salamah
عبد الرحمن القس
A Bit of Torment
الرسّام أحمد خالد
الأخوة الأعداء
El-Armany الأرماني
Rawaat El Hob
محمود سالم
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Ahmed Awad
Tofahet Adam
Youssef Bey
All That Love
ناصف الليثي
They Made Me a Criminal
الشيخ حسن
The Female Boss
Abbas
Rawiyah
Officer Samir Magdy
Laila Al Amriya
Qais bin Al-Malouh
Mansion of Longing
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
Bit of Fear
الشيخ إبراهيم
The Barrier
Salah صلاح
Al-Ans station
1942
The Little Doll
1956
Lovers Village
عبد الكريم
Marret El-ayam
1954
مخلب القط
حمدي
I Am Love
1954
The Lights
مراد
The People Inside
رفاعي
Samra Sinai
Adel
She was an angel
1947
Isalu kalbi
1952
The Accused
وكيل النيابة
Doubt, My Love
عبدالرحيم
Between Two Palaces
السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
The Man I Love
1962
The Landlord
1988
This is Love
Hussein
The Confession
Ibrahim
A Plot
مراد
For Love
1955
Sleepless
Ahmed Lutfy
Ragol bila Qalb
جلال
The black knight
Essam
Oh The wonders of time
Ahmed Assem
A man and two women
1966
Bint Al-Sheikh
1943
The Pasha's daughter
ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
Hababa
1944
Queen of the Night
أحمد عزت
Pity My Tears
Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
The Teenagers
Shams شمس
Lovers of the Night
1957
The Little Angel
1957
Zeinab
إبراهيم
Storms
1946
El taisha
1946
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
بلال بن رباح
Ashiaa La Tushtra
1970
Kahraman
1958
Dahaya el madania
1946
Kisma wa Nassib
Asem Shaker, Engineer
Scandal monger
Ahmed
Dawn of Islam
1971
Soultanat al-sahra
Hassan
Gharam El Sheyukh
1946
Some Live Twice
Ahmed
The Stranger
1956
If I Was Rich
كمال خطيب وهيبة
باسم الحب
عبد الغفار
The sad countryside
1948
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
السفير صدقي
El Mazaher
Mahmoud El Banhawy
Farewell at dawn
1956
Solomon's Ring
Mahmoud
The Silent Love
صفوت
انتقام الحبيب
1951
Boys and Girls
1965
Elham
1950
