Sanaa Gamil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1930
- Died
- December 22, 2002 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Movie · as Sayed's Mother
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
TV · 17 eps
Saken Osady
TV · as سلوى · 46 eps
Mr. K
Movie
The Lady's Driver
Movie · as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
اللعبة المجنونة
TV · 1 ep
الحب وسنينه
TV · 1 ep
An Escape Night
TV · 16 eps
What is wrong with the world
Movie · as سنية
The White Flag
TV · as فضة المعداوي · 16 eps
The Basement
Movie · as أم الخير
Al-Kharteet
Movie · as نرجس
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
Movie
A solution that pleases all
Movie
أزواج لكن غرباء
TV · 1 ep
When Evening Comes
Movie
The Unknown
Movie · as Aleya "The Mother"
Eyes
TV · 13 eps
The Cursed
Movie · as بهيرة
Doubt, My Love
Movie · as بهيجة
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
TV · 1 ep
Ahlan Ya Captin
Movie
قلوب فقدت الحب
TV · 1 ep
Your Wisdom, God!
Movie
Tawheeda
Movie · as أم توحيده
The Message
Movie · as Sumayya
Back Streets
Movie
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Movie · as نرجس
House of Sand
Movie
Some Live Twice
Movie
أشجان
TV · 7 eps
زوجات وأزواج
Movie
الجاهزين قوي
TV · 1 ep
The Second Wife
Movie · as Hafiza حفيظة
زهرة الصبار
Movie · as الآنسة جيهان
The Impossible
Movie · as فاطمة
Dawn of a New Day
Movie · as Nayla
No Tears
Movie
The Beginning and the End
Movie · as Nefisah
A Heart of Gold
Movie · as Awsaf
Maa Al Ayam
Movie
I'll Never Cry
Movie · as Samiha
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Movie
المجد
Movie
The Sky Devils
Movie · as Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
Movie · as سامية
Spring Fantasies
Movie
أهل الهوى
Movie · as زوبة الشغالة
الميعاد
Movie
Marret El-ayam
Movie
April Fool
Movie
Ya Zalemni
Movie
Kedt Ahdem Baity
Movie
Fi Sharaa Meen
Movie
شريك حياتى
Movie · as سهير
Have Mercy
Movie
Money slaves
Movie · as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
Ana Wi Habibi
Movie · as Fake Lover
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
Movie · as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
Movie
The Great Clown
Movie
Good News
Movie · as Noura نورا
Lady of The Train
Movie · as Afaf
killer mother
Movie
Iidini eaqlak
Movie · as Bahiga
Zeinab
Movie · as مسعودة
Nahed
Movie · as Gamalat - جمالات
Isalu kalbi
Movie
Adam and Eve
Movie · as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée