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Sabah
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Lebanese & Egyptian singer and actress (1927–2014)
Film & TV
Wadi Chahrour, Lebanon
Sabah was a Lebanese film actress and singer. Sabah was among the first Arabic singers to perform at the Olympia, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. She is considered one of three Lebanese icons, along with Fairuz and Wadih El Safi. She was an actress and producer, known for Wahabtak Hayati (1956), Sharia el hub (1958), and The Temple of Love (1961). She was previously…
Known for
- The Days of Lulu1986
- A Night When the Moon Cried — Hanan1980
- Guitar of Love — سلوى1973
- The Troublemakers — رشا1973
- Paris and Love1972
- Women's Gang — سهام1970
- Nar Elshouq — الفنانة المشهورة صباح1970
- Kant Ayam — ناديه رفعت1970
- Three Women — Shams - شمس (القصة 3))1969
- Gang of Women — Seham1969
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1927-11-10 ) 10 November 1927, Bdadoun , Lebanon
- Origin
- Cairo , Egypt
- Died
- 26 November 2014 (2014-11-26) (aged 87), Beirut , Lebanon
- Genres
- Mawwal shaabi pop
- Occupations
- Singer actress
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- c. 1945–2009
- Labels
- Parlophone Voix de l'Orient Rotana The Orchard Global
- Publisher
- Digital Press Hellas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Janet
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Bdadoun
- Place of death
- Beirut
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Levantine Arabic
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Notable work
- Paris and Love
- Genre
- music of Egypt
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Image
- Sabah - 1960s (1).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sabah (vocalist)
- name in native language
- صباح
- place of burial
- Maronite Cathedral of Saint George, Beirut
- date of death
- 2014-11-26
- date of birth
- 1927-11-10
- birth name
- چانيت جرجس فغالى
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- nickname
- الصبوحة
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeanette Georges Feghali (10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014), known professionally as Sabah, was a Lebanese singer and actress. Her professional career started in Egypt and later extended to Lebanon and the wider Arab world. She amassed a vast line of work over six decades, out-scaling most past and present contemporaries. Sabah is often regarded as one of the greatest Arab singers of the 20th century.
Born to rural Lebanese parents in a village 15 kilometres from Beirut, Sabah grew up with a love for performing arts. In 1945, she was noticed for an acting talent at her school in Lebanon and later invited to Egypt by actress and film director Assia Dagher. There, she was cast in her first film as the original character Sabah, whose name was chosen through a public poll and later adopted by Sabah as a stage name.
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