Wadad Hamdi
Wedad Hamdi was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.
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Wadad Hamdi
- Name
- Wedad Hamdi
- Birth Name
- Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah
- Born
- 7 March 1924
- Birthplace
- Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
- Died
- 26 March 1994
- Place of death
- Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt
- Occupation
- Actress
- Spouse
- * Mehammad Elmogi
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Languages
- Arabic · Egyptian Arabic
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Wedad Hamdi was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.
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Wadad Hamdi (1924–1994) was an Egyptian actress. The actress was born in Kafr el-Sheikh. Languages used include Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.
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• Name — Wedad Hamdi • Birth Name — Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah • Native Name — وداد حمدي • Born — 7 March 1924 • Birthplace — Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt • Died — 26 March 1994 • Place of death — Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt • Death Cause — Stabbing • Occupation — Actress • Spouse — * Mehammad Elmogi • Salah Kabil • Mehammad Eltukhi • Years Active — 1945–1994
Early life
Early life
Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years. Hamdi started her career as a singer.
Career
Career
Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945). She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.
Personal life
Personal life
Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.
Murder
Murder
Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name.
Television
Television
• The Return of the Spirit (1977)
Plays
Plays
• Azeeza and Younis (Azeeza W Younis) • 20 Hens and a Rooster (20 farkha we deek) • A Game Called Love (L’eba esmaha al-hobb) • Mother of Rateeba (Om-Rateeba)
Film
• This Was My Father's Crime (1945) • Bread and Salt (1949) • The Love Office (1950) • A Million Pounds (1954) • Miss Hanafi (1954) • Fatawat el Husseinia (1955) • The Female Boss (1959) • Forbidden Women (1959) • Hassan and Nayima (1959) • Love and Adoration (1960) • A Storm of Love (1961) • Wife Number 13 (1962) • Soft Hands (1963) • In Summer We Must Love (1974) • Whom Should We Shoot? (1975) • Mouths and Rabbits (1977) • Min Fadlik Wa Ihsanik (1986) • My Dear, We’re All Thieves (1989)
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