Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 27, 1930
Died
Dec 22, 2002
Place of Birth
Egypt
Credits
68 titles
Sanaa Gamil
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
Filmography
البر الغربي
Creator
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Sayed's Mother
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
Saken Osady
سلوى
Mr. K
The Lady's Driver
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
اللعبة المجنونة
الحب وسنينه
An Escape Night
What is wrong with the world
سنية
The White Flag
فضة المعداوي
The Basement
أم الخير
Al-Kharteet
نرجس
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
أزواج لكن غرباء
A solution that pleases all
When Evening Comes
The Unknown
Aleya "The Mother"
Eyes
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
The Cursed
بهيرة
Doubt, My Love
بهيجة
Ahlan Ya Captin
قلوب فقدت الحب
Your Wisdom, God!
Tawheeda
أم توحيده
The Message
Sumayya
Back Streets
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
نرجس
Some Live Twice
أشجان
زوجات وأزواج
الجاهزين قوي
The Second Wife
Hafiza حفيظة
زهرة الصبار
الآنسة جيهان
The Impossible
فاطمة
Dawn of a New Day
Nayla
No Tears
The Beginning and the End
Nefisah
A Heart of Gold
Awsaf
Maa Al Ayam
I'll Never Cry
Samiha
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
The Sky Devils
Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
الميعاد
أهل الهوى
زوبة الشغالة
Spring Fantasies
April Fool
Ya Zalemni