Acting · Lebanon · Born December 15, 1910
An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's troupe with Youssef Wahbi and remained in the troupe for many years, then joined the National Troupe. She worked in the plays Tosca, Divorce, The Count of Monte Cristo, Homeland, Rasputin, The Honorable Representative, and Polluted Blood. She was famous for her role as a strong-willed woman and a cruel mother-in-law in the films she worked in. She was married to the great artist Mahmoud Al-Meligy from 1939 until his death in 1983. Before that, she had married when she was thirteen years old and gave birth to her only daughter, Isis. She retired from acting in 1967 and passed away in 1994.
MovieA wife from Paris
1964
as والدة سامية
TVThe Black Cat
1964
as Amina
MoviePrisoner of the Night
1963
MovieThe Cursed Palace
1962
as Najiya
MovieNo Understanding
1961
as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
MovieThe Student
1961
as أم حسن
MovieIn Your Hands
1960
MovieAbu Ahmad
1960
MovieMaa Al Ayam
1958
MovieChabab El Yom
1958
as Umm Fathia
MovieLeila Raheeba
1957
as أمينة
MovieThe Road of Hope
1957
as ام حسين
Movieنهاية حب
1957
MovieSageen Abu Za'abal
1957
as Hasan's mom
MovieThe Suspect
1957
as fekry's mother
MovieMiracle from heaven
1956
as ام سلوى
Movieالغائبة
1955
MovieThe Unknown Beloved
1955
as Laila's mother
MovieNahnu Bashar
1955
MovieGod Is on Our Side
1955
Movieدلوني يا ناس
1954
as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
MovieEl naas makamat
1954
as Hamid's wife
MovieWomen Without Men
1953
MovieQadam Al Kheir
1952
Moviekiller mother
1952
as نعمت
MovieAl-Sharaff Ghali
1951
MovieThe Mind is on a Vacation
1947
MovieTreachery and torment
1947
MovieZohrah
1947
MovieThe white angel
1946
MovieLayla, Daughter of the Rich
1946
as Munira Hanem
MovieCasino el latafa
1945
The First Love
1945
MovieEl Mazaher
1945
MovieIbn Al-Haddad
1944
as جلبهار هانم
MovieExecutioner's sword
1944
MovieWahida
1944
MovieBerlanty
1944
as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
MovieChildren of the poor
1942
as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
MovieThe Victory of Youth
1941
as ام محي
MovieHappy Day
1940
MovieZeinab
1930
MovieNahed
as Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother
