Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 15, 1910
Died
Aug 16, 1994
Place of Birth
Lebanon
Credits
44 titles
Olwiya Gamil
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
A wife from Paris
والدة سامية
The Black Cat
Amina
Prisoner of the Night
The Cursed Palace
Najiya
No Understanding
Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
The Student
أم حسن
In Your Hands
Abu Ahmad
Maa Al Ayam
Chabab El Yom
Umm Fathia
Leila Raheeba
أمينة
The Road of Hope
ام حسين
The End of Love
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Hasan's mom
The Suspect
fekry's mother
Miracle from heaven
ام سلوى
الغائبة
The Unknown Beloved
Laila's mother
Nahnu Bashar
God Is on Our Side
دلوني يا ناس
الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
El naas makamat
Hamid's wife
Women Without Men
Qadam Al Kheir
killer mother
نعمت
Al-Sharaff Ghali
The Mind is on a Vacation
Treachery and torment
Zohrah
The white angel
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Munira Hanem
Casino el latafa
The First Love
El Mazaher
Ibn Al-Haddad
جلبهار هانم
Executioner's sword
Wahida
Berlanty
Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
Children of the poor
عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
The Victory of Youth
ام محي
Happy Day
The Rebel Line
فتون / خطيبة خطاب
Zeinab
Nahed
Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother