Hind Rostom
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1929
- Died
- November 8, 2011 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Alexandria, Egypt
Biography
Hind Rostom was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in Egyptian cinema. She was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria on November 12, 1929, to a middle-class Turkish father and an Egyptian mother. She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her breakthrough was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night). Her known films include Ibn Hamido (1957), Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station (1958) with Farid Shawqi, Salah Abu Seif's Sleepless (1958) with Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, and Rushdy Abaza, Struggle in the Nile (1959) with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza, and Chafika el Koptia (Chafika the Coptic Girl) in 1963. Rostom was known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, dubbed "Marilyn Monroe of the East". She starred in more than 80 movies in her career. She retired from acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best. Rostom would later turn down an offer of one million Egyptian pounds for her biography in December 2002. This offer was made by an Egyptian satellite channel that wanted to portray her life story as a drama series. She was asked to submit a complete history of her past achievements, and work experiences with prominent actors and filmmakers of the past, such as Farid Shawqi, Youssef Chahine, Shoukry Sarhan, and Shadia. The actress stated that she refused to sell her life as a means of entertainment and felt that her personal life was of her concern and no one else. In 2004, she refused to accept Egypt's State Merit Award in Arts, "The award came too late, I'm not placed on the shelf for them to pick me whenever they want, there's only one Hind Rostom in the Middle East, and let's consider that the number of my generation star actresses isn't that big enough to ignore us, and also it's not appropriate to honor me after years of honoring people who are less than me, another point is that I also refuse for them to honor me before Shadia, she deserved it and she was a star for a long time before me", Rostom commented. On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.
Known For
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Filmography
Like A Matchstick
Movie
Chahine…Why?
Movie · as Self
My Life is Hell
Movie
Coward in Love
Movie · as Soad Hanim
Me, My Daughter, and Love
Movie · as Siham
Oh The wonders of time
Movie · as Samiha / Fawzia Roushdy
Word of Honour
Movie · as ناهد
The Den of the Wicked
Movie · as فايزة
The Greatest Kid in the World
Movie · as سامية
Desire and Loss
Movie · as ناهد
My Beautiful Teacher
Movie · as Nadia
Queen of the Night
Movie · as كريمة
Sweet Aziza
Movie · as عزيزة
El Khouroug Min El Guana
Movie · as Anan
The second groom
Movie · as Wafaa Hanem
Tofahet Adam
Movie · as Gamila
A man and two women
Movie
Three Thieves
Movie · as Amina, the butcher's wife
Huwa wa el nessaa
Movie · as فيفي
The Single Husband
Movie · as Azhar
Shayateen El Leyl
Movie · as Rawheya
Sayed Darwish
Movie · as جليلة
نساء وذئاب
Movie · as مسعده / لوليت
The Meek
Movie · as نهى وجيه المصرى
the eternal love
Movie · as امينة
The Nun
Movie · as Hoda/Sonia
A Husband’s Confession
Movie · as Buthaina - بثينة (بوسة)
Woman on the Margin
Movie · as هانم
Shafiqa Al-Qibtiya
Movie · as Shafiqa Al-Qibtiya
Sett El Banat
Movie · as mounria
Big Teenager
Movie · as Sonia
Blood on the Nile
Movie · as Ghalia
طريق الأبطال
Movie · as نور عبدالله
Fatouma
Movie · as Fatima
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Movie
Ragol bila Qalb
Movie · as عايدة
Boundless Love
Movie · as نوسة لاعبة البيانولا
Eshaet Hob
Movie · as Hind Rostom
Men in the Storm
Movie · as Aziza
Conflict in the Nile
Movie · as نرجس(الراقصة)
Between Heaven and Earth
Movie · as ناهد شكري
الحب الأخير
Movie · as سميرة
The Surprises Motel
Movie · as نبلة الراقصة
Kiss Me in the Dark
Movie · as لولا
Bufakkar filli nassini
Movie · as سوسن
Cairo Station
Movie · as Hanuma
The Silent Love
Movie · as سميحة
Tuha
Movie · as توحة
Awattif
Movie
The Charmer
Movie · as Aziza
The Big Brother
Movie · as Rawhaya
Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital
Movie · as Teama
رحمة من السماء
Movie · as نوال/نبيله
Sleepless
Movie · as Kawthar
Lovers of the Night
Movie
The Great Love
Movie
Struggle with life
Movie · as Samira - سميرة
Son of Hamido
Movie · as عزيزة
Return My Heart
Movie · as الراقصة كريمة
My One And Only Love
Movie · as نانا (الراقصة)
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Movie · as Fathiya
Love Crime
Movie · as ليلى
Banat Al-Lail
Movie · as نعيمة
The Body
Movie
Victory of Love
Movie · as سهير
Love letter
Movie · as Latifa
Women Can’t Lie
Movie · as Nabwiya
El naas makamat
Movie · as Daughter of Riad Pasha
Banat Hawaa
Movie · as One of the secretaries
دلوني يا ناس
Movie · as سنية
It happened one night
Movie · as فتاة في الكازينو
اعترافات زوجة
Movie
The path of happiness
Movie · as هند
Love In The Darkness
Movie
Al-Liqaa' Al Akhir
Movie · as ممرضة
جحيم الغيرة
Movie · as إلهام
The Victory of Islam
Movie
El Dam Yehen
Movie
Baba Amin
Movie · as Sonia
The Flirtation of Girls
Movie · as كومبارس صامت
Owner of Few Piasters
Movie · as فواكة
Gawaher
Movie
Soul and body
Movie
Love and madness
Movie
Narges
Movie · as الخياطة