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Soad Hosny
Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 26, 1943Died June 21, 2001 (58 years)
Soad Hosny (January 26, 1943 - June 21, 2001) was an Egyptian actress born in Cairo to a household known as "the artists' home". Her father was renowned calligrapher Mohamed Hosni. Her half-sister Nagat El Saghira was a famous singer. Soad鈥檚 career began at a young age and her talents were first noticed by author Abdelrahman El Khamissy. She's one of the most influential actresses in the Arab world and is known as the "Cinderella of the Screen". Hosny appeared in no less than 9 movies listed in the "Top 100 Egyptian films", compiled in 1996 in celebration of the centenary of Egyptian cinema.
Soad was known for her versatility as an actress and her ability to play a wide range of characters, from comedic and lighthearted roles to dramatic and tragic ones. She was also known for her singing, which was featured in many of her films. Due to illness, she retired from acting in 1991 at just 48. Hosny's final screen appearance was in The Shepherd and the Women (1991), directed by her ex-husband, Ali Badrakhan. She starred alongside Ahmed Zaki in the TV series "Hekayat Howa wa Heya" (1985), a show that tackled social issues such as gender inequality. She received numerous awards in her career for starring in movies such as Sunset and Sunrise (1970), Where Is My Mind (1974), A Dinner Date (1981), and many other films.
Some consider her to be the only actress who rivaled Faten Hamama as the best Egyptian actress of the 20th century. She can be seen in her best form in Cairo 30 (1966), Too Young for Love (1966), Al Karnak (1975), Watch Out for Zouzou (1972), and Youssef Chahine's The Choice (1971). In 2001, Soad Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her friend's apartment in London; the real cause of her death is still unknown. She remains engraved in the Egyptian film industry and the hearts of many until today.
Soad was known for her versatility as an actress and her ability to play a wide range of characters, from comedic and lighthearted roles to dramatic and tragic ones. She was also known for her singing, which was featured in many of her films. Due to illness, she retired from acting in 1991 at just 48. Hosny's final screen appearance was in The Shepherd and the Women (1991), directed by her ex-husband, Ali Badrakhan. She starred alongside Ahmed Zaki in the TV series "Hekayat Howa wa Heya" (1985), a show that tackled social issues such as gender inequality. She received numerous awards in her career for starring in movies such as Sunset and Sunrise (1970), Where Is My Mind (1974), A Dinner Date (1981), and many other films.
Some consider her to be the only actress who rivaled Faten Hamama as the best Egyptian actress of the 20th century. She can be seen in her best form in Cairo 30 (1966), Too Young for Love (1966), Al Karnak (1975), Watch Out for Zouzou (1972), and Youssef Chahine's The Choice (1971). In 2001, Soad Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her friend's apartment in London; the real cause of her death is still unknown. She remains engraved in the Egyptian film industry and the hearts of many until today.
Filmography
| 1991 | El-Rai wa el-Nesa 路 as 賵賮丕亍 |
| 1988 | El-Daragah el-Taltah 路 as Manaa |
| 1986 | The Hunger 路 as 夭亘賷丿賴 |
| 1985 | He and She Stories (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Love in Prison 路 as 賮丕賷夭丞 丨爻賳 |
| 1982 | Gharib fi Baiti 路 as 毓賮丕賮 毓亘丿丕賱賵丕丨丿 |
| 1981 | A Dinner Date 路 as 賳賵丕賱 廿亘乇丕賴賷賲 賰丕賲賱 |
| 1981 | The Suspected 路 as Fatima/batta |
| 1981 | Al Qadisiyya 路 as 卮賷乇賷賳 |
| 1981 | People on the Top 路 as Siham |
| 1981 | Shafika and Metwali 路 as 卮賮賷賯丞 |
| 1979 | El Motwahesha 路 as Baheya |
| 1975 | Karnak Caf茅 路 as Zeinab |
| 1975 | Whom Should We Shoot? 路 as Tahany |
| 1974 | Amirah Hubbi Ana 路 as Amira |
| 1974 | Where Is My Mind? 路 as Aida |
| 1973 | Ghoroba' 路 as 賳丕丿賷丞 |
| 1972 | Watch Out for ZouZou 路 as Zuzu/zeinab |
| 1972 | El Khof 路 as 爻毓丕丿 |
| 1971 | One Day, the Nile 路 as Nadia |
| 1971 | My Wife and the Dog 路 as 爻毓丕丿 |
| 1971 | The Choice 路 as Sherifa |
| 1970 | El Hob El Daye' 路 as Laila 賱賷賱賶 |
| 1970 | Sunset and Sunrise 路 as 賲丿賷丨丞 |
| 1969 | Insatiable 路 as Nahed / Mervit 賳丕賴丿 / 賲乇賮鬲 |
| 1969 | Nadia 路 as Nadia/mona 賳丕丿賷丞 / 賲賳賶 |
| 1969 | Fatat El Esste'rad 路 as 賮丕賷夭丞 |
| 1969 | A Bit of Torment 路 as 廿賱賴丕賲 / 爻賱賵賶 |
| 1968 | Al-tilmiza wal osstaz 路 as Salwa |
| 1968 | El-Zawag ala el-Tariqah el-Hadithah 路 as 賳賴賶 |
| 1968 | El-sit el-nazra 路 as 賴丿賶 |
| 1968 | Father Wants It Like That 路 as Nadia |
| 1968 | Sweet and Naughty 路 as 毓夭賷夭丞 毓亘丿丕賱賲購鬲噩賱賷 爻胤賵丨賷/ 賳賵爻丞 賵噩丿賷 |
| 1968 | Hawaa wal kerd 路 as 賳丕丿賷丞 |
| 1968 | The Tale of Three Girls 路 as Shahira 卮賴賷乇丞 |
| 1967 | The Second Wife 路 as Fatma 賮丕胤賲丞 |
| 1967 | Shabab Magnoon Giddan 路 as Madiha (ismat) 賲丿賷丨丞 (毓氐賲鬲) |
| 1966 | Cairo 30 路 as 廿丨爻丕賳 |
| 1966 | His Excellency the Ambassador 路 as Huda 賴丿賶 |
| 1966 | Too Young for Love 路 as Samiha / Karima 爻賲賷丨丞 毓亘丿丕賱爻賱丕賲/ 賰乇賷賲丞 毓亘丿丕賱爻賱丕賲 |
| 1966 | Shakket el talaba 路 as Mona 賲賳賶 |
| 1966 | The Three Adventurers 路 as Mona |
| 1965 | All Three Love Her 路 as Iman 丕賷賲丕賳 |
| 1965 | The Wedding Night 路 as Salwa |
| 1964 | For Men Only 路 as Salwa/hassan 爻賱賵賶 (丨爻賳) |
| 1964 | Story of a Marriage 路 as Adela 毓丿賷賱丞 賲賳氐賵乇 |
| 1964 | The Road 路 as Elham 廿賱賴丕賲 |
| 1964 | The Game of Love and Marriage 路 as Ameira 兀賲賷乇丞 |
| 1964 | The Three Bachelors 路 as Cast |
| 1964 | The Bridegroom Arrives Tomorrow 路 as Cast |
| 1963 | The Groom Arrives Tomorrow 路 as 爻賲賷乇丞 |
| 1963 | The Funny Crime 路 as Laila 賱賷賱賶 |
| 1963 | Zizi's Family 路 as Sanaa Shalaby 爻賳丕亍 卮賱亘賷 |
| 1963 | Girls Complain 路 as Amany 兀賲丕賳賶 |
| 1963 | The Little Charmer girl 路 as Hania Essmat |
| 1962 | Without an Appointment 路 as 爻賱賵賶 |
| 1962 | The Olive Branch 路 as 毓胤賷丕鬲 |
| 1961 | No Agreement 路 as Laila 賱賷賱賶 |
| 1961 | I Want Love 路 as 賰賵孬乇 |
| 1961 | The Ambassadress Aziza 路 as 毓夭賷夭丞 |
| 1961 | The Seven Girls 路 as 爻賱賵賶 |
| 1961 | Rumor of Love 路 as Samiha |
| 1960 | The Girls in Summer 路 as 爻賲賷丨丞 |
| 1959 | Hassan and Nayima 路 as 賳毓賷賲丞 |