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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 27, 1931
Died
January 17, 2015
Place of Birth
El Mansoura, Egypt
Also Known As
- فاتن حمامة
- Faten Ahmed Hamama
- The Lady of the Arabic Screen
- Faten Hamama
- Faten Hamamah
Faten Hamama
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Faten Hamama (May 27, 1931 - January 17, 2015) was an Egyptian actress and producer. Dubbed "The Lady of the Arabic Screen", she was born in El Mansoura, Egypt. Her legendary journey started as a secret statement between a six-year-old girl and her father after they watched a film in their neighborhood theater, at which leading actress and producer Asya Dagher was present. Faten told her father that she felt the audience was applauding her as the leading actress, and her father hugged her with a vision of helping his daughter become a movie star. She won a contest for the most beautiful child in Egypt, and her dad sent her picture to director Muhammad Karim (a pioneer of Egyptian cinema). Karim was looking for a child for his new film with Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Faten auditioned for and got a role in this movie, Yom said (1940) ("A Happy Day"). She impressed the filmmakers so much during shooting that she was actually given more lines and scenes in the picture than were scripted initially for her. Karim put her under contract, and four years later he gave her a role in a film with Mohamed Abdel Wahab again, Russassa fil Kalb (1944) ("A Bullet in the Heart"). With her third movie with Karim, Dunia (1946), Faten showed filmmakers and audiences alike that she was an actress ready for bigger roles. Her father, along with her family, moved to Cairo to help her in her career. She also began studying her craft at the High Institute of Acting in 1946. Faten left Egypt from 1966-1971 because she resisted the political pressure that was applied to her. She divided her time between Lebanon and London, England. During this period Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asked some prominent critics and writers to try to persuade her to return to Egypt, saying that "Faten Hamama is a national treasure". Her return to Egypt in 1971 breathed life back into Egyptian cinema. She insisted that her films reflect the values of society through family relationships. Her first film upon return was Witch (a short film) with Salah Zulfikar. Her role in Emberatoriet Meem (1972) ("Empire M") as a widow with six children and the struggles she endured to raise them made the film a success both critically and financially, and she earned a special award from an organization in the Soviet Union when the film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival. Her film Orid Hallan (1975) ("I Need a Solution") which was produced by Salah Zulfikar was not only a big hit but resulted in changes to Egyptian marriage and divorce laws. Faten Hamama is the fourth Pyramid in Egyptian cinema, a legend in her platinum anniversary, the diamond that remained shining and kept glowing over the decades on the silver screen.
Known For
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Like A Matchstick
2016
6.8
Narges
Land of Dreams
1993
0.0
Hekmat Hashim
Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
1991
6.5
Aisha Muhammad Al-Mandali
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1988
7.7
Fatma فاطمة
The Night Of Fatima's Arrest
1984
🎬
10.0
بيت النمل
1979
0.0
No Consolation For Women
1979
7.0
Sherin / Siham
A Tale Behind Every Door
1979
7.4
Nemat
Mouths and Rabbits
1977
7.0
دريّة عزمي
I Want a Solution
1975
Credits
Like A Matchstick
2016
7.0
Land of Dreams
as Narges
1993
6.8
Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
as Hekmat Hashim
1991
0.0
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
as Aisha Muhammad Al-Mandali
1988
6.5
The Night Of Fatima's Arrest
as Fatma فاطمة
1984
7.7
🎬
بيت النمل
1979
10.0
No Consolation For Women
1979
0.0
A Tale Behind Every Door
as Sherin / Siham
1979
7.0
Mouths and Rabbits
as Nemat
1977
7.4
I Want a Solution
as دريّة عزمي
1975
7.0
Habibati
as Samia Mahmoud
1974
0.0
The Song of Death
1973
8.0
Empire M
as Mona
1972
6.1
I Want This Man
1972
7.0
The Thin Thread
as Mona
1971
6.5
Sands of Gold
as Zebyda
1971
0.0
Witch
1971
8.0
Big Love
as Hanan
1969
6.0
Something in My Life
as عايدة
1966
0.0
The Confession
as Nawal
1965
0.0
Story of a Lifetime
as Nadia
1965
0.0
The Sin
as Aziza
1965
7.8
The Last Night
as Fawzia/Nadia
1963
7.2
The Open Door
as Laila Sliman
1963
6.1
Cairo
as Amina
1963
4.8
Shadow of Treason
as Nadia
1963
5.2
No Time for Love
as Fawzy
1963
6.5
The Miracle
as Leila
1962
0.0
The Sun Will Never Set
as Layla
1961
7.5
I Won't Confess
as Amal (wife)
1961
0.0
The River of Love
as نوال
1960
8.0
The Nightingale's Prayer
as أمنة
1959
7.8
Bein Al-Atlal
as منى
1959
0.0
Sayedat el kasr
as Sawsan
1958
6.2
The Virgin Wife
as منى
1958
0.0
The Barred Road
as Fayza (teacher) - فايزة راشد
1958
7.0
Till We Meet
as Amal
1958
0.0
Tarek Al Amal
as سنية
1957
8.0
Sleepless
as Nadia Lutfy
1957
6.1
I'll Never Cry
as Huda
1957
8.0
Land of Peace
as Salma
1957
0.0
Ways of the Heart
as Karima
1956
0.0
Appointment with Love
as Nawal
1956
6.7
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Dark Waters
as Hamedah
1956
6.2
Love and Tears
as Fatma
1955
4.8
Our Best Days
as هدى
1955
6.7
God Is on Our Side
as نادية
1955
0.0
Appointment with Happiness
as Ehsan / Amal
1954
0.0
Pity My Tears
as Amal Amin - آمال أمين
1954
0.0
Always With You
as Tafida
1954
0.0
Al-Malak Al-Zalem
1954
0.0
Traces in the Sand
as Ragia
1954
9.0
The Blazing Sun
as Amal أمال
1954
6.9
Qolob El Nas
as Neama
1954
0.0
Appointment with Life
as Amal
1953
6.0
Love In The Darkness
1953
0.0
Money slaves
as فتحية
1953
0.0
Aisha
as Aisha
1953
0.0
بعد الوداع
1953
0.0
Immortal Song
as Wafa Riyad Hamdi
1952
2.0
House No. 13
as نادية
1952
6.5
El Zuhur El Fatina
as Karima
1952
9.0
Cup of torment
as نعمة
1952
0.0
The Time of Miracles
as نعمت ابراهيم
1952
0.0
Isalu kalbi
1952
0.0
The Great Clown
1952
7.0
Professor Fatima
as Fatima (Lawyer)
1952
7.0
Orphans' money
as Zahira - زهيرة
1952
0.0
People's secrets
1951
0.0
أشكى لمين
1951
0.0
Your Day Will Come
as انصاف
1951
0.0
Ana bint Nass
1951
0.0
Farewell My Love
1951
0.0
Son of the Nile
as زبيده
1951
7.1
Ethics for Sale
1950
0.0
Baba Amin
as Huda
1950
6.5
Zalamoni El Nas
as Nemat
1950
0.0
I Am the Past
as Samia Farid
1950
0.0
Bayoumi Afandi
as zenat
1949
0.0
Every house has a man
as فاتن أنيس كامل
1949
0.0
The Lady of the House
as إلهام حامد عبد العزيز
1949
0.0
Chair of Confession
1949
0.0
Towards glory
1948
0.0
The Two Orphans
as نعمت
1948
0.0
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الحلقة المفقودة
1948
0.0
Khulud
as Laila (mother) / Amal (daughter)
1948
0.0
Confused life
1948
0.0
Punishment
as ابتسام بنت محسن
1948
0.0
The Little Millionaire
1948
0.0
She was an angel
1947
0.0
Abu Zeid el Hilali
1947
0.0
The red mask
1947
0.0
Light from the sky
1947
0.0
الهانم
1947
0.0
The white angel
1946
0.0
Malak alrahma
as Thurya - ثريا
1946
6.0
Dunia
as Nadia Fathy Bey
1946
0.0
Angels in Hell
1946
0.0
The beginning of the month
1945
0.0
A Bullet in the Heart
as نجوى
1944
7.0
Happy Day
as أنيسة - طفلة
1940
8.0