Name
Sanaa Gamil
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-04-27
Deathday
2002-12-22 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Egypt
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
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- 1964 Dawn of a New Day as Nayla
- 1952 The Great Clown
- 1994 Mr. K
- 1955 Spring Fantasies
- 1952 Good News as Noura نورا
- 1979 The Cursed as بهيرة
- 1967 The Second Wife as Hafiza حفيظة
- 1965 The Impossible as فاطمة
- 1952 Lady of The Train as Afaf
- 1952 killer mother
- 1956 The Sky Devils as Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
- 1952 Iidini eaqlak as Bahiga
- 1987 The Basement as أم الخير
- 1951 Adam and Eve as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
- 1954 Marret El-ayam
- 1954 April Fool
- 1953 Fi Sharaa Meen
- 1953 شريك حياتى as سهير
- 1952 Zeinab as مسعودة
- 1976 Your Wisdom, God!
- 1960 The Beginning and the End as Nefisah
- 1998 Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better as Sayed's Mother
- 1993 The Lady's Driver as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
- 1953 Have Mercy
- 1986 Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
- 1957 I'll Never Cry as Samiha
- 1957 Nisaa Fi Hayaty
- 1972 Al Shaytan wal Kharif as نرجس
- 1953 Money slaves as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
- 1984 The Unknown as Aleya "The Mother"
- 1979 Doubt, My Love as بهيجة
- 1953 Ana Wi Habibi as Fake Lover
- 1976 Tawheeda as أم توحيده
- 1954 Ya Zalemni
- 1974 Back Streets
- 1953 Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
- 1967 زهرة الصبار as الآنسة جيهان
- 1961 No Tears
- Soon Nahed as Gamalat
- 1959 A Heart of Gold as Awsaf
- 1978 Ahlan Ya Captin
- 1954 Kedt Ahdem Baity
- 1969 زوجات وأزواج
- 1952 Isalu kalbi
- 1953 Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
- 1958 Maa Al Ayam
- 1987 Al-Kharteet as نرجس
- 1986 A solution that pleases all
- 1956 Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
- 1955 أهل الهوى as زوبة الشغالة
- 1971 Some Live Twice
- 1985 When Evening Comes
- 1955 الميعاد
- 1976 The Message as Sumayya
- 1989 الحب وسنينه ( 1 episode )
- 1977 قلوب فقدت الحب ( 1 episode )
- 1979 إصلاحية جبل الليمون ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Aunt Safiya & the Monastery ( 17 episodes )
- 1989 An Escape Night ( 16 episodes )
- 1991 اللعبة المجنونة ( 1 episode )
- 1988 The White Flag ( 16 episodes ) as فضة المعداوي
- 1995 Saken Osady ( 46 episodes ) as سلوى
- 1980 Eyes ( 13 episodes )
- 1986 أزواج لكن غرباء ( 1 episode )
- 1968 الجاهزين قوي ( 1 episode )
- 1970 أشجان ( 7 episodes )
