Sanaa Gamil
29 Movies
2 Series
Movies
Plays Sumayya
The Message
1976
Plays سنية
What is wrong with the world
1988
Plays Nefisah
The Beginning and the End
1960
Plays Hafiza حفيظة
The Second Wife
1967
Plays Sayed's Mother
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998
Plays لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
The Lady's Driver
1993
Plays Nayla
Dawn of a New Day
1964
Plays Afaf
Lady of The Train
1952
Plays Noura نورا
Good News
1952
Plays فاطمة
The Impossible
1965
Plays Aleya "The Mother"
The Unknown
1984
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Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Sayed's Mother
1998
Film
Saken Osady
سلوى · 46 episodes
1995–
TV
The Lady's Driver
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
1993
Film
What is wrong with the world
سنية
1988
Film
The White Flag
فضة المعداوي · 16 episodes
1988–
TV
The Basement
أم الخير
1987
Film
Al-Kharteet
نرجس
1987
Film
The Unknown
Aleya "The Mother"
1984
Film
The Cursed
بهيرة
1979
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Sanaa Gamil still alive?
Sanaa Gamil passed away on December 22, 2002 at age 72.
What are the most famous roles of Sanaa Gamil?
Sanaa Gamil is best known for roles in The Message, The Second Wife, Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better.
How many movies has Sanaa Gamil been in?
Over a 51-year career (since 1951), Sanaa Gamil has appeared in 29 movies and 2 TV shows.
What was Sanaa Gamil's first movie?
The career of Sanaa Gamil began with Adam and Eve (1951).
What is Sanaa Gamil's most recent movie or series?
Sanaa Gamil's most recent release is Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better, which premiered on November 24, 1998.
What TV shows has Sanaa Gamil appeared in?
On television, Sanaa Gamil has appeared in الحب وسنينه, قلوب فقدت الحب, إصلاحية جبل الليمون, Aunt Safiya & the Monastery.
Sanaa Gamil
1930-04-27 · Egypt
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