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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الأضواء | مراد | 1972-01-10 |
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الحاجز | Salah صلاح | 1972-08-07 |
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فجر الإسلام | 1971-02-01 | |
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البعض يعيش مرتين | Ahmed | 1971-06-14 |
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أشياء لا تشترى | 1970-01-01 | |
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الأرض | Sheikh Hassouna | 1970-01-26 |
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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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3 لصوص | judge | 1966-01-01 |
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قصر الشوق | Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad | 1966-12-31 |
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تفاحة آدم | Youssef Bey | 1966-04-27 |
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رجل وامرأتان | 1966-04-26 | |
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الاعتراف | Ibrahim | 1965-12-06 |
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باسم الحب | عبد الغفار | 1965-10-11 |
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صبيان وبنات | 1965-03-31 | |
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بين القصرين | السيد أحمد عبدالجواد | 1964-03-02 |
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Il figlio di Cleopatra | Safar | 1964-12-31 |
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المراهقان | Shams شمس | 1964-04-20 |
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هذا الرجل أحبه | 1962-02-08 | |
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مخلب القط | حمدي | 1961-12-11 |
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زيزيت | 1961-10-17 | |
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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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كهرمان | 1958-03-22 | |
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المعلمة | Abbas | 1958-12-08 |
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هذا هو الحب | Hussein | 1958-10-26 |
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الحب الصامت | 1958-10-13 | |
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نساء في حياتي | Ahmed Awad | 1957-01-31 |
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لا أنام | Ahmed Lutfy | 1957-10-31 |
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عشاق الليل | 1957-10-03 | |
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الملاك الصغير | 1957-12-02 | |
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الغريب | 1956-02-26 | |
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وداع في الفجر | 1956-07-12 | |
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العروسة الصغيرة | 1956-07-13 | |
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أين عمري | د. خالد | 1956-01-01 |
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في سبيل الحب | 1955-10-03 | |
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الحياة الحب | Adel | 1954-04-05 |
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قرية العشاق | عبد الكريم | 1954-11-29 |
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أنا الحب | 1954-02-15 | |
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جعلوني مجرما | الشيخ حسن | 1954-10-18 |
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مرت الأيام | 1954-01-14 | |
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ارحم دموعي | Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم | 1954-10-31 |
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الفارس الأسود | Essam | 1954-03-29 |
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تاجر الفضائح | Ahmed | 1953-04-16 |
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بلال مؤذن الرسول | بلال بن رباح | 1953-06-09 |
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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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إلهام | 1950-04-24 | |
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قسمة ونصيب | Asem Shaker, Engineer | 1950-10-09 |
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ليلى العامرية | Qais bin Al-Malouh | 1948-12-06 |
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الريف الحزين | 1948-09-13 | |
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فتنة | 1948-05-24 | |
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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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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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Gharam El Sheyukh | 1946-04-13 | |
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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 |
