Sanaa Gamil
Acting
- Born:
- 1930-04-27
- Died:
- 2002-12-22
- Place of birth:
- Egypt
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
Known For
Filmography
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
Saken Osady
Mr. K
The Lady's Driver
اللعبة المجنونة
الحب وسنينه
An Escape Night
What is wrong with the world
The White Flag
The Basement
Al-Kharteet
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
أزواج لكن غرباء
A solution that pleases all
When Evening Comes
The Unknown
Eyes
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
The Cursed
Doubt, My Love
Ahlan Ya Captin
قلوب فقدت الحب
Your Wisdom, God!
Tawheeda
The Message
Back Streets
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Some Live Twice
أشجان
زوجات وأزواج
الجاهزين قوي
The Second Wife
زهرة الصبار
The Impossible
Dawn of a New Day
No Tears
The Beginning and the End
A Heart of Gold
Maa Al Ayam
المجد
I'll Never Cry
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
The Sky Devils
الميعاد
أهل الهوى
Spring Fantasies
April Fool
Ya Zalemni
Marret El-ayam
Kedt Ahdem Baity
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
Have Mercy
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
Money slaves
Ana Wi Habibi
شريك حياتى
Fi Sharaa Meen
Iidini eaqlak
Lady of The Train
Zeinab
Isalu kalbi
The Great Clown
Good News
killer mother
Adam and Eve
Nahed