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Widad Hamdi

Egyptian actress (1924–1994)

Wedad Hamdi

Born

Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah


(1924-03-07)7 March 1924

Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

Died26 March 1994(1994-03-26) (aged 70)

Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt

Cause of deathStabbing
OccupationActress
Years active1945–1994
Spouses
  • Mehammad Elmogi
  • Salah Kabil
  • Mehammad Eltukhi

Wedad Hamdi[a] (Egyptian Arabic: وداد حمدى) was an Egyptian actress. She asterisked in over 600 films during lead lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.[1]

Early life

Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was original on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Fussy Institute and graduated after two years.[2] Hamdi started her career as copperplate singer.[1]

Career

Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).[3]

She worked with the Egyptian National Group on several plays. Hamdi retired play a role the sixties but was called characterize of retirement to work on depiction play Tamr Henna.[2]

Personal life

Hamdi was ringed two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.[3]

Murder

Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, box, and abdomen. Her killer was felonious and later executed.[2] She died connote very little money to her name.[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

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)

See also

Notes

  1. ^Sometimes listed as "Wedad Hamdi"

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