1917-09-28 Giza, Egypt
Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
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دموع صاحبة الجلالة | 1992-01-08 | |
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بنت الباشا الوزير | ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly | 1991-06-22 |
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صاحب العمارة | 1988-03-19 | |
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كل هذا الحب | ناصف الليثي | 1988-12-09 |
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الاقدار الدامية | Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا | 1982-01-27 |
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الشك يا حبيبي | عبدالرحيم | 1979-01-01 |
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إسكندرية ليه؟ | British Ambassador | 1979-08-23 |
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الضوء الأخضر | 1976-09-15 | |
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الأخوة الأعداء | El-Armany الأرماني | 1974-10-14 |
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السكرية | Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad | 1973-01-14 |
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الحاجز | Salah صلاح | 1972-08-07 |
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الأضواء | مراد | 1972-01-10 |
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فجر الإسلام | 1971-02-01 | |
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ملكة الليل | أحمد عزت | 1971-02-01 |
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البعض يعيش مرتين | Ahmed | 1971-06-14 |
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الأرض | Sheikh Hassouna | 1970-01-26 |
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أشياء لا تشترى | 1970-01-01 | |
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شيء من الخوف | الشيخ إبراهيم | 1969-02-03 |
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الناس اللي جوه | رفاعي | 1969-04-28 |
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شيء من العذاب | الرسّام أحمد خالد | 1969-09-22 |
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روعة الحب | محمود سالم | 1968-06-01 |
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تفاحة آدم | Youssef Bey | 1966-04-27 |
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3 لصوص | judge | 1966-01-01 |
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رجل وامرأتان | 1966-04-26 | |
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قصر الشوق | Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad | 1966-12-31 |
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الاعتراف | Ibrahim | 1965-12-06 |
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صبيان وبنات | 1965-03-31 | |
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باسم الحب | عبد الغفار | 1965-10-11 |
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المراهقان | Shams شمس | 1964-04-20 |
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Il figlio di Cleopatra | Safar | 1964-12-31 |
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بين القصرين | السيد أحمد عبدالجواد | 1964-03-02 |
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هذا الرجل أحبه | 1962-02-08 | |
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زيزيت | 1961-10-17 | |
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مخلب القط | حمدي | 1961-12-11 |
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رجل بلا قلب | جلال | 1960-10-17 |
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سمراء سيناء | Adel | 1959-07-06 |
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هذا هو الحب | Hussein | 1958-10-26 |
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كهرمان | 1958-03-22 | |
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المعلمة | Abbas | 1958-12-08 |
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الحب الصامت | 1958-10-13 | |
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أين عمري | د. خالد | 1957-01-10 |
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لا أنام | Ahmed Lutfy | 1957-10-31 |
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الملاك الصغير | 1957-12-02 | |
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نساء في حياتي | Ahmed Awad | 1957-01-31 |
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عشاق الليل | 1957-10-03 | |
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وداع في الفجر | 1956-07-12 | |
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الغريب | 1956-02-26 | |
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العروسة الصغيرة | 1956-07-13 | |
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في سبيل الحب | 1955-10-03 | |
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قرية العشاق | عبد الكريم | 1954-11-29 |
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الفارس الأسود | Essam | 1954-03-29 |
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أنا الحب | 1954-02-15 | |
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جعلوني مجرما | الشيخ حسن | 1954-10-18 |
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ارحم دموعي | Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم | 1954-10-31 |
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مرت الأيام | 1954-01-14 | |
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الحياة الحب | Adel | 1954-04-05 |
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بلال مؤذن الرسول | بلال بن رباح | 1953-06-09 |
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تاجر الفضائح | Ahmed | 1953-04-16 |
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مؤامرة | مراد | 1953-04-20 |
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سلوا قلبي | 1952-05-01 | |
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سيدة القطار | Farid | 1952-08-28 |
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زينب | إبراهيم | 1952-05-01 |
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انتقام الحبيب | 1951-11-15 | |
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ابن النيل | الشيخ إبراهيم | 1951-01-10 |
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قسمة ونصيب | Asem Shaker, Engineer | 1950-10-09 |
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إلهام | 1950-04-24 | |
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ليلى العامرية | Qais bin Al-Malouh | 1948-12-06 |
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فتنة | 1948-05-24 | |
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الريف الحزين | 1948-09-13 | |
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سلطانة الصحراء | Hassan | 1947-10-20 |
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كانت ملاكا | 1947-12-26 | |
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ضربة القدر | 1947-01-13 | |
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خاتم سليمان | Mahmoud | 1947-01-01 |
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راوية | Officer Samir Magdy | 1946-09-30 |
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Gharam El Sheyukh | 1946-04-13 | |
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عواصف | 1946-08-19 | |
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الطائشة | 1946-11-18 | |
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ضحايا المدنيّة | 1946-03-14 | |
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المظاهر | Mahmoud El Banhawy | 1945-02-01 |
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سلامة | عبد الرحمن القس | 1945-04-09 |
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حبابة | 1944-11-13 | |
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بنت الشيخ | 1943-03-14 | |
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لو كنت غني | كمال خطيب وهيبة | 1942-11-26 |
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المتهمة | وكيل النيابة | 1942-05-18 |
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محطة الأنس | 1942-05-01 | |
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دنانير | زياد | 1940-09-29 |
