Olwiya Gamil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 15, 1910
- Died
- August 16, 1994 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Lebanon
Biography
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
Filmography
A wife from Paris
Movie · as والدة سامية
The Black Cat
TV · as Amina · 15 eps
Prisoner of the Night
Movie
The Cursed Palace
Movie · as Najiya
The Student
Movie · as أم حسن
No Understanding
Movie · as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
In Your Hands
Movie
Abu Ahmad
Movie
Maa Al Ayam
Movie
Chabab El Yom
Movie · as Umm Fathia
The Suspect
Movie · as fekry's mother
The End of Love
Movie
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Movie · as أم حسن
Leila Raheeba
Movie · as أمينة
The Road of Hope
Movie · as ام حسين
Miracle from heaven
Movie · as ام سلوى
Nahnu Bashar
Movie
The Unknown Beloved
Movie · as Laila's mother
God Is on Our Side
Movie
الغائبة
Movie
دلوني يا ناس
Movie · as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
El naas makamat
Movie · as Hamid's wife
Women Without Men
Movie
Qadam Al Kheir
Movie
killer mother
Movie · as نعمت
Nahed
Movie · as Dawlat Hanem, Nahed's mother - دولت هانم، والدة ناهد
Al-Sharaff Ghali
Movie
Zohrah
Movie
Treachery and torment
Movie
The Mind is on a Vacation
Movie
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Movie · as Munira Hanem
The white angel
Movie
Casino el latafa
Movie
El Mazaher
Movie
The First Love
Movie
Berlanty
Movie · as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
Executioner's sword
Movie
Wahida
Movie
Ibn Al-Haddad
Movie · as جلبهار هانم
Children of the poor
Movie · as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
The Victory of Youth
Movie · as ام محي
Happy Day
Movie
The Rebel Line
Movie · as فتون / خطيبة خطاب
Zeinab
Movie