Sanaa Gamil

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

Filmografi

What is wrong with the world1988 · سنيةThe Message1976 · Sumayyaالمجد1957 · The Beginning and the End1960 · NefisahTawheeda1976 · أم توحيدهThe Lady's Driver1993 · لطيفة هانم شوكت باشاLady of The Train1952 · AfafNessa Khalf Al Qodban1986 · The Sky Devils1956 · Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضاتالميعاد1955 · A solution that pleases all1986 · Dawn of a New Day1964 · NaylaSmile, The Photo Comes Out Better1998 · Sayed's MotherI'll Never Cry1957 · SamihaAl Shaytan wal Kharif1972 · نرجسApril Fool1954 · Nahed1952 · Gamalat - جمالاتDoubt, My Love1979 · بهيجةAdam and Eve1951 · Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancéeZeinab1952 · مسعودةThe Second Wife1967 · Hafiza حفيظةkiller mother1952 · Al-Kharteet1987 · نرجسWhen Evening Comes1985 ·