Sanaa Gamil
Acting
Born: April 27, 1930 · Egypt
Died: December 22, 2002 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
Biography
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. 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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Movies (53)
The Message
Sumayya
The Beginning and the End
Nefisah
What is wrong with the world
سنية
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Sayed's Mother
Lady of The Train
Afaf
Ahlan Ya Captin
1978
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
The Second Wife
Hafiza حفيظة
Dawn of a New Day
Nayla
Ana Wi Habibi
Fake Lover
The Lady's Driver
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
زهرة الصبار
الآنسة جيهان
killer mother
1952
Marret El-ayam
1954
Tawheeda
أم توحيده
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
نرجس
Isalu kalbi
1952
Kedt Ahdem Baity
1954
The Great Clown
1952
Doubt, My Love
بهيجة
The Sky Devils
Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
The Cursed
بهيرة
The Basement
أم الخير
Back Streets
1974
I'll Never Cry
Samiha
أهل الهوى
زوبة الشغالة
Maa Al Ayam
1958
Good News
Noura نورا
A solution that pleases all
1986
Your Wisdom, God!
1976
When Evening Comes
1985
Zeinab
مسعودة
April Fool
1954
Al-Kharteet
نرجس
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Money slaves
فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
A Heart of Gold
Awsaf
شريك حياتى
سهير
Some Live Twice
1971
الميعاد
1955
Ya Zalemni
1954
The Impossible
فاطمة
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956
The Unknown
Aleya "The Mother"
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
Adam and Eve
Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
Have Mercy
1953
Spring Fantasies
1955
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953
Iidini eaqlak
Bahiga
No Tears
1961
Fi Sharaa Meen
1953
Mr. K
1994
