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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 27, 1930
Died
December 22, 2002
Place of Birth
Egypt
Also Known As
- سناء جميل
- Sanaa Jamil
- ثريا يوسف عطا الله
- Sanaa Gamil
Sanaa Gamil
1.0 Popularity
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
Known For
Credits
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
as Sayed's Mother
1998
7.0
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
1996
0.0
Saken Osady
as سلوى
1995
0.0
Mr. K
1994
0.0
The Lady's Driver
as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
1993
5.5
اللعبة المجنونة
1991
0.0
الحب وسنينه
1989
0.0
An Escape Night
1989
0.0
The White Flag
as فضة المعداوي
1988
0.0
The Basement
1987
6.0
Al-Kharteet
1987
0.0
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
0.0
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أزواج لكن غرباء
1986
0.0
A solution that pleases all
1986
6.0
When Evening Comes
1985
0.0
The Unknown
as Om Nagy
1984
6.5
Eyes
1980
0.0
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
1979
0.0
The Cursed
as baheria
1979
0.0
Doubt, My Love
as بهيجة
1979
0.0
Ahlan Ya Captin
1978
0.0
قلوب فقدت الحب
1977
0.0
Your Wisdom, God!
1976
6.0
Tawheeda
as أم توحيده
1976
0.0
Back Streets
1974
0.0
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
as نرجس
1972
0.0
Some Live Twice
1971
0.0
أشجان
1970
0.0
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زوجات وأزواج
1969
0.0
🎬
الجاهزين قوي
1968
0.0
The Second Wife
as Hafiza حفيظة
1967
7.0
زهرة الصبار
as الآنسة جيهان
1967
0.0
The Impossible
as فاطمة
1965
7.2
Dawn of a New Day
as Nayla
1964
7.0
No Tears
1961
0.0
The Beginning and the End
as Nefisah
1960
8.0
Heart of Gold
as Awsaf
1959
0.0
Maa Al Ayam
1958
0.0
I'll Never Cry
as Samiha
1957
8.0
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
0.0
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956
0.0
The Sky Devils
as Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
1956
0.0
الميعاد
1955
0.0
أهل الهوى
as زوبة الشغالة
1955
0.0
Spring Fantasies
1955
0.0
April Fool
1954
7.0
Ya Zalemni
1954
0.0
Marret El-ayam
1954
0.0
Kedt Ahdem Baity
1954
0.0
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953
0.0
Have Mercy
1953
6.2
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
1953
7.0
Money slaves
as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
1953
0.0
Ana Wi Habibi
as Fake Lover
1953
0.0
شريك حياتى
as سهير
1953
0.0
Fi Sharaa Meen
1953
0.0
Iidini eaqlak
as Bahiga
1952
0.0
Lady of The Train
as Afaf
1952
5.3
Zeinab
as مسعودة
1952
0.0
Isalu kalbi
1952
0.0
The Great Clown
1952
7.0
Good News
as Noura نورا
1952
0.0
killer mother
1952
0.0
Adam and Eve
as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
1951
0.0
Nahed
as Gamalat
N/A
0.0