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    Faten Hamama

    1931-05-27 (93 years old) in El Mansoura, Egypt

    Faten Hamama (May 27, 1931 - January 17, 2015) was an Egyptian actress and producer. Dubbed "The Lady of the Arabic Screen", she was born in El Mansoura, Egypt. Her legendary journey started as a secret statement between a six-year-old girl and her father after they watched a film in their neighborhood theater, at which leading actress and producer Asya Dagher was present. Faten told her father that she felt the audience was applauding her as the leading actress, and her father hugged her with a vision of helping his daughter become a movie star. She won a contest for the most beautiful child in Egypt, and her dad sent her picture to director Muhammad Karim (a pioneer of Egyptian cinema). Karim was looking for a child for his new film with Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Faten auditioned for and got a role in this movie, Yom said (1940) ("A Happy Day"). She impressed the filmmakers so much during shooting that she was actually given more lines and scenes in the picture than were scripted initially for her. Karim put her under contract, and four years later he gave her a role in a film with Mohamed Abdel Wahab again, Russassa fil Kalb (1944) ("A Bullet in the Heart"). With her third movie with Karim, Dunia (1946), Faten showed filmmakers and audiences alike that she was an actress ready for bigger roles. Her father, along with her family, moved to Cairo to help her in her career. She also began studying her craft at the High Institute of Acting in 1946. Faten left Egypt from 1966-1971 because she resisted the political pressure that was applied to her. She divided her time between Lebanon and London, England. During this period Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asked some prominent critics and writers to try to persuade her to return to Egypt, saying that "Faten Hamama is a national treasure". Her return to Egypt in 1971 breathed life back into Egyptian cinema. She insisted that her films reflect the values of society through family relationships. Her first film upon return was Witch (a short film) with Salah Zulfikar. Her role in Emberatoriet Meem (1972) ("Empire M") as a widow with six children and the struggles she endured to raise them made the film a success both critically and financially, and she earned a special award from an organization in the Soviet Union when the film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival. Her film Orid Hallan (1975) ("I Need a Solution") which was produced by Salah Zulfikar was not only a big hit but resulted in changes to Egyptian marriage and divorce laws. Faten Hamama is the fourth Pyramid in Egyptian cinema, a legend in her platinum anniversary, the diamond that remained shining and kept glowing over the decades on the silver screen.

    Movies

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    Like A Matchstick
    70 %|Aug 24, 2016
    Comedy
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    Land of Dreams
    75 %|Sep 27, 1993
    Drama
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    Bitter Day, Sweet Day
    75 %|Feb 19, 1988
    Drama
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    The Night of Fatima's Arrest
    80 %|Mar 26, 1984
    Crime, Drama
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    No Consolation For Women
    0 %|Aug 23, 1979
    Drama
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    A Tale Behind Every Door
    0 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Family, Fantasy, Mystery
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    Mouths and Rabbits
    75.71 %|Oct 17, 1977
    Drama, Romance
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    I Want a Solution
    0 %|Mar 31, 1975
    Drama
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    Habibati
    0 %|Nov 18, 1974
    Drama, Romance
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    My lovea
    0 %|Nov 18, 1974
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    The Song of Death
    80 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Drama
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    Empire M
    61 %|Nov 6, 1972
    Family, Drama, Romance
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    I Want This Man
    0 %|Jan 1, 1972
    Drama
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    The Thin Thread
    65 %|Sep 13, 1971
    Drama
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    Sands of Gold
    0 %|Jan 1, 1971
    Drama, Action
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    Witch
    0 %|Jan 1, 1971
    Drama, Romance
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    Big Love
    60 %|Jan 1, 1969
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    Something in My Life
    0 %|Jun 15, 1966
    Romance, Drama
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    The Confession
    0 %|Dec 6, 1965
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    Story of a Lifetime
    0 %|Aug 30, 1965
    Romance, Drama
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    The Sin
    78 %|Mar 3, 1965
    Drama
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    The Last Night
    70 %|Dec 23, 1963
    Mystery, Thriller
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    The Open Door
    60 %|Oct 7, 1963
    Drama, Romance
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    Cairo
    47 %|Jul 17, 1963
    Crime
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    Shadow of Treason
    52 %|Jun 1, 1963
    Drama
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    No Time for Love
    65 %|Mar 25, 1963
    Drama, Romance
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    The Miracle
    0 %|Dec 24, 1962
    Drama
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    The Sun Will Never Set
    75 %|Dec 25, 1961
    Romance
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    I Won't Confess
    0 %|Oct 16, 1961
    Mystery, Drama
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    The River of Love
    80 %|Nov 12, 1960
    Drama, Romance
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    The Nightingale's Prayer
    77 %|Oct 7, 1959
    Drama, Romance
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    Among the Ruins
    70 %|Feb 8, 1959
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    Sayedat el kasr
    62 %|Nov 17, 1958
    Romance, Drama
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    The Virgin Wife
    0 %|Sep 14, 1958
    Drama
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    The Barred Road
    70 %|Apr 22, 1958
    Drama, Romance
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    Till We Meet
    0 %|Jan 9, 1958
    Romance, Drama
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    Tarek Al Amal
    80 %|Nov 28, 1957
    Drama
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    Sleepless
    61 %|Oct 31, 1957
    Drama, Romance
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    I'll Never Cry
    0 %|Feb 25, 1957
    Drama
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    Land of Peace
    0 %|Jan 2, 1957
    Drama, History, Romance
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    Ways of the Heart
    0 %|Nov 30, 1956
    Romance
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    Appointment with Love
    67 %|Mar 5, 1956
    Romance, Drama, Music
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    Dark Waters
    62 %|Jan 16, 1956
    Drama, Romance, Action, Thriller
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    Love and Tears
    48 %|Oct 31, 1955
    Drama, Romance
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    Our Best Days
    67 %|Mar 7, 1955
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    God Is on Our Side
    0 %|Jan 2, 1955
    Drama, History, Thriller
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    Pity My Tears
    0 %|Oct 31, 1954
    Drama, Romance
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    Always With You
    0 %|Aug 2, 1954
    Drama
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    Traces in the Sand
    100 %|Apr 19, 1954
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Blazing Sun
    69 %|Mar 1, 1954
    Drama, Romance
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    Qolob El Nas
    0 %|Feb 1, 1954
    Drama, Music
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    Love In The Darkness
    0 %|Jul 8, 1953
    Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    Money slaves
    0 %|Apr 19, 1953
    Drama
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    Aisha
    0 %|Apr 6, 1953
    Drama
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    Appointment with Life
    60 %|Jan 2, 1953
    Drama, Romance
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    Immortal Song
    0 %|Dec 15, 1952
    Drama, Music, Romance
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    كأس العذاب
    0 %|Oct 7, 1952
    Drama
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    سلوا قلبي
    0 %|Oct 7, 1952
    Drama
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    House No. 13
    65 %|Sep 23, 1952
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    El Zuhur El Fatina
    90 %|Aug 28, 1952
    Drama
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    The Time of Miracles
    0 %|Jul 23, 1952
    Drama
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    The Great Clown
    0 %|Apr 21, 1952
    Drama
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    أموال اليتامى
    0 %|Apr 1, 1952
    Drama
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    Professor Fatima
    70 %|Feb 21, 1952
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    أشكى لمين
    0 %|Nov 22, 1951
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    Your Day Will Come
    0 %|Nov 19, 1951
    Drama, Crime
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    أنا بنت ناس
    0 %|Sep 2, 1951
    Drama
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    Farewell My Love
    0 %|Mar 23, 1951
    Romance
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    أسرار الناس
    0 %|Jan 30, 1951
    Drama
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    Son of the Nile
    69 %|Jan 10, 1951
    Drama
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    Ethics for Sale
    0 %|Dec 29, 1950
    Drama, Comedy
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    Baba Amin
    66 %|Nov 20, 1950
    Comedy, Drama
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    I Am the Past
    0 %|Jan 22, 1950
    Horror, Thriller
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    Bayoumi Afandi
    0 %|Dec 29, 1949
    Drama
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    كل بيت له راجل
    0 %|Apr 13, 1949
    Drama
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    The Lady of the House
    0 %|Apr 11, 1949
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    Chair of Confession
    0 %|Jan 1, 1949
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    Immortality
    0 %|Jan 2, 1948
    Drama, Romance
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    The Two Orphans
    0 %|Jan 2, 1948
    Drama
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    Punishment
    0 %|Jan 1, 1948
    Drama
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    Abu Zeid el Hilali
    0 %|Jan 2, 1947
    Drama
    actor
    ملاك الرحمة
    60 %|Nov 4, 1946
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    Dunia
    0 %|Jan 28, 1946
    Drama
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    Angels in Hell
    0 %|Jan 1, 1946
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    A Bullet in the Heart
    70 %|Mar 27, 1944
    Romance, Comedy, Music
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    Happy Day
    80 %|Jan 2, 1940
    Romance, Music

    Series

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    Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
    0 %|Mar 18, 1991
    Drama, Family
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    Cinépanorama
    80 %|Feb 4, 1956
    Documentary, Family, Talk