Sanaa Gamil

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Apr 27, 1930 (95 years old)
Death date
Dec 22, 2002

Sanaa Gamil

Known For

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
0h 34m
TV Show 1996

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery

Safiya loves Harby but marries his uncle Asran after she finds that he loves another. After the mayor plots against Harby and Asran, he kills Asran and Harby is arrested. Safiya decides to raise her son Hassan to take revenge for his father and kill Harby after his release from prison.

Saken Osady
TV Show 1995

Saken Osady

An Egyptian social comedy series, the events of which take place in separate connected episodes between the families of (Kamal Al-Hamrawi) and (Sayed Al-Akhdar) adjacent to the residence in the same building, and in each episode there is a new comic situation between them that puts the members of the two families in funny situations.

اللعبة المجنونة
TV Show 1991

اللعبة المجنونة

الحب وسنينه
TV Show 1989

الحب وسنينه

An Escape Night
0h 45m
TV Show 1989

An Escape Night

(Ahmed) returns from abroad after obtaining a doctorate in philosophy, disappointing his father, who wanted him to study business administration to take over the management of the institution he owns, and marries Noura and his cousin Najwa, and is accused of killing the latter, so he escapes to Egypt and falls prey to a drug gang.

The White Flag
0h 42m
TV Show 1988

The White Flag

According to a true story, a frantic struggle does not end between two parties in Alexandria, (Silver Maadawi), a wealthy and authoritarian merchant in the fish ring, and retired Ambassador Moufid Abu Al Ghar, where Silver Maadawi tries with all its influence to seize the archaeological palace owned by Dr. Moufid and reside In him after his retirement.

The Basement
1h 45m
Movie 1987

The Basement

The poor widow Umm al-Khair raises her children, Youssef, Waraqia and Aisha. Ruqaya looks to get rich, so she gives in to Dandrawi who gets arrested after one of his buildings collapses. His wife tells Ruqaya's family about her husband's relation with her and Youssef is determined to kill him.

Al-Kharteet
1h 50m
Movie 1987

Al-Kharteet

(Sultan) and his nephew (Adel) smuggle drugs. In one of the operations, the warehouse keeper (Jaber) kills him and kills him. Sultan tries to assault Jaber's wife Rose in his arm and enters the prison, where she learns Nargis. Sultan and just.

Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1h 45m
Movie 1986

Nessa Khalf Al Qodban

The film revolves around "Nadia" who refuses to marry lawyer "Hatem", who covets a rich marriage, while "Laila", who is assisted by her father and a great lawyer in his research, is impressed by Youssef, who owns a film company, decides to work with him.

أزواج لكن غرباء
TV Show 1986

أزواج لكن غرباء

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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