
Olwiya Gamil
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
Credits
- 1964 · A wife from Paris as والدة سامية
- 1964 · The Black Cat as Amina
- 1963 · Prisoner of the Night as
- 1962 · The Cursed Palace as Najiya
- 1961 · No Understanding as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
- 1961 · The Student as أم حسن
- 1960 · In Your Hands as
- 1960 · Abu Ahmad as
- 1958 · Maa Al Ayam as
- 1958 · Chabab El Yom as Umm Fathia
- 1957 · Leila Raheeba as
- 1957 · Tarek Al Amal as ام حسين
- 1957 · نهاية حب as
- 1957 · Sageen Abu Za'abal as Hasan's mom
- 1957 · The Suspect as fekry's mother
- 1956 · Miracle from heaven as ام سلوى
- 1955 · El Habeb El Maghool as Laila's mother
- 1955 · Nahnu Bashar as
- 1955 · God Is on Our Side as
- 1954 · دلوني يا ناس as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
- 1954 · El naas makamat as Hamid's wife
- 1953 · Women Without Men as
- 1952 · Qadam Al Kheir as
- 1952 · killer mother as نعمت
- 1951 · Al-Sharaff Ghali as
- 1947 · The Mind is on a Vacation as
- 1947 · Treachery and torment as
- 1947 · Zohrah as
- 1946 · Layla, Daughter of the Rich as Munira Hanem
- 1945 · Casino el latafa as
- 1945 · El Mazaher as
- 1944 · Ibn Al-Haddad as جلبهار هانم
- 1944 · Executioner's sword as
- 1944 · Wahida as
- 1944 · Berlanty as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
- 1942 · Children of the poor as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
- 1941 · The Victory of Youth as ام محي
- 1940 · Happy Day as
- Future · Nahed as Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother
- 1930 · Zeinab as