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