Sanaa Gamil
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
- 1998 · Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better as Sayed's Mother
- 1996 · Aunt Safiya & the Monastery as
- 1995 · Saken Osady as سلوى
- 1994 · Mr. K as
- 1993 · The Lady's Driver as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
- 1992 · The Lady from Cairo as
- 1991 · اللعبة المجنونة as
- 1989 · الحب وسنينه as
- 1989 · An Escape Night as
- 1988 · The White Flag as فضة المعداوي
- 1987 · The Basement as
- 1987 · Al-Kharteet as
- 1986 · Nessa Khalf Al Qodban as
- 1986 · أزواج لكن غرباء as
- 1984 · The Unknown as Om Nagy
- 1980 · Eyes as
- 1979 · إصلاحية جبل الليمون as
- 1979 · Al-Shakk ya Habibi as بهيجة
- 1979 · The Cursed as baheria
- 1978 · Ahlan Ya Captin as
- 1977 · قلوب فقدت الحب as
- 1976 · Your Wisdom, God! as
- 1976 · Tawheeda as
- 1967 · زهرة الصبار as الآنسة جيهان
- 1966 · The Impossible as فاطمة
- 1964 · Dawn of a New Day as Nayla
- 1960 · The Beginning and the End as Nefisah
- 1956 · The Sky Devils as Head Nurse
- Future · Nahed as Gamalat
- 1974 · Back Streets as
- 1972 · Al Shaytan wal Kharif as
- 1969 · زوجات وأزواج as
- 1967 · The Second Wife as Hafiza حفيظة
- 1961 · No Tears as
- 1959 · Heart of Gold as Awsaf
- 1958 · Maa Al Ayam as
- 1957 · I'll Never Cry as Samiha
- 1957 · Nisaa Fi Hayaty as
- 1955 · أحلام الربيع as
- 1954 · April Fool as
- 1954 · Ya Zalemni as
- 1954 · Marret El-ayam as
- 1954 · Kedt Ahdem Baity as
- 1953 · Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna as
- 1953 · Have Mercy as
- 1953 · Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
- 1953 · Money slaves as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
- 1953 · Ana Wi Habibi as Fake Lover
- 1953 · شريك حياتى as سهير
- 1953 · Fi Sharaa Meen as
- 1952 · Iidini eaqlak as Bahiga
- 1952 · The Lady on the Train as Afaf
- 1952 · Zeinab as مسعودة
- 1952 · Isalu kalbi as
- 1952 · The Great Clown as
- 1952 · Good News as Noura نورا
- 1952 · killer mother as
- 1951 · Adam and Eve as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée