Soad Hosny

Film & TV

Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt

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’s 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…

Known for

• The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni — Herself2011
• The Shepherd and the Women — وفاء1991
• The Third Class — Manaa1988
• Bird Of The Orient — ريم1986
• The Hunger — زبيده1986
• He and She Stories1985
• Afghanistan For What? — امرأة أفغانية1984
• Love in a Jail Cell — فايزة حسن1983
• Stranger In My House — عفاف عبدالواحد1982
• A Dinner Date — نوال إبراهيم كامل1981

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Soad Mohamed Hosny (Arabic:سعاد محمد حسني) (January 26, 1943, in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt – June 21, 2001 in London) was a famous Egyptian actress. Hosny was known as the "Cinderella" of Egyptian cinema and one of the most influential actresses in the artistic arena. She ascended to stardom in the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991 . A majority of her films were shot in the 1960s and 1970s. Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film The Shepherd and the W

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

Egypt

Place of birth

Cairo

Father

Mohammad Hosni

Occupation

film actor

Languages spoken

Arabic

Religion

Islam

Instrument

voice

Image

Soad Hosny (1972).jpg

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