1931-05-27 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.
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زي عود الكبريت | 2016-08-24 | |
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أرض الأحلام | Narges | 1993-09-27 |
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يوم مر.. يوم حلو | Aisha Muhammad Al-Mandali | 1988-02-19 |
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ليلة القبض على فاطمة | Fatma فاطمة | 1984-03-26 |
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ولا عزاء للسيدات | 1979-08-23 | |
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حكاية وراء كل باب | Sherin / Siham | 1979-01-01 |
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بيت النمل | 1979-12-06 | |
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أفواه وأرانب | Nemat | 1977-10-17 |
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أريد حلاً | دريّة عزمي | 1975-03-31 |
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حبيبتى | Samia Mahmoud | 1974-11-18 |
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أغنية الموت | 1973-01-01 | |
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إمبراطورية ميم | Mona | 1972-11-06 |
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أريد هذا الرجل | 1972-01-01 | |
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ساحرة | 1971-01-01 | |
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رمال من ذهب | Zebyda | 1971-01-01 |
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الخيط الرفيع | Mona | 1971-09-13 |
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الحب الكبير | Hanan | 1969-01-01 |
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شيء في حياتي | Aida | 1966-06-15 |
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الاعتراف | Nawal | 1965-12-06 |
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حكاية العمر كله | Nadia | 1965-08-30 |
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الحرام | Aziza | 1965-03-03 |
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الليلة الأخيرة | Fawzia/Nadia | 1963-12-23 |
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Cairo | Amina | 1963-07-17 |
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الباب المفتوح | Laila Sliman | 1963-10-07 |
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Shadow of Treason | Nadia | 1963-06-01 |
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لا وقت للحب | Fawzy | 1963-03-25 |
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المعجزة | Leila | 1962-12-24 |
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لن اعترف | Amal (wife) | 1961-10-16 |
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لا تطفئ الشمس | Layla | 1961-12-25 |
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نهر الحب | نوال | 1960-11-12 |
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بين الأطلال | منى | 1959-02-08 |
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دعاء الكروان | أمنة | 1959-10-07 |
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الطريق المسدود | Fayza (teacher) - فايزة راشد | 1958-04-22 |
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سيدة القصر | Sawsan | 1958-11-17 |
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حتى نلتقي | Amal | 1958-01-09 |
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الزوجة العذراء | منى | 1958-09-14 |
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أرض السلام | Salma | 1957-01-02 |
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لا أنام | Nadia Lutfy | 1957-10-31 |
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لن أبكي أبدا | Huda | 1957-02-25 |
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طريق الأمل | سنية | 1957-11-28 |
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القلب له أحكام | Karima | 1956-11-30 |
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صراع في الميناء | Hamedah | 1956-01-16 |
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موعد غرام | Nawal | 1956-03-05 |
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أيامنا الحلوة | هدى | 1955-03-07 |
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حب ودموع | Fatma | 1955-10-31 |
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الله معنا | نادية | 1955-01-02 |
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دايماً معاك | Tafida | 1954-08-02 |
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قلوب الناس | Neama | 1954-02-01 |
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أثار في الرمال | Ragia | 1954-04-19 |
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صراع في الوادي | Amal أمال | 1954-03-01 |
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الملاك الظالم | 1954-05-31 | |
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موعد مع السعادة | Ehsan / Amal | 1954-12-27 |
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ارحم دموعي | Amal Amin - آمال أمين | 1954-10-31 |
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بعد الوداع | 1953-03-30 | |
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عبيد المال | فتحية | 1953-04-19 |
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عائشة | Aisha | 1953-04-06 |
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موعد مع الحياة | Amal | 1953-12-14 |
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حب في الظلام | 1953-06-08 | |
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سلوا قلبي | 1952-05-01 | |
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الزهور الفاتنة | Karima | 1952-08-28 |
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المنزل رقم ١٣ | نادية | 1952-09-23 |
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الأستاذة فاطمة | Fatima (Lawyer) | 1952-02-21 |
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أموال اليتامى | Zahira - زهيرة | 1952-01-01 |
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لحن الخلود | Wafa Riyad Hamdi | 1952-12-15 |
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كأس العذاب | نعمة | 1952-07-28 |
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المهرج الكبير | 1952-04-21 | |
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زمن العجائب | نعمت ابراهيم | 1952-07-23 |
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لك يوم يا ظالم | انصاف | 1951-11-19 |
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وداعًا يا غرامي | 1951-03-23 | |
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أشكى لمين | 1951-11-22 | |
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أنا بنت ناس | 1951-08-13 | |
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ابن النيل | زبيده | 1951-01-10 |
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أسرار الناس | 1951-12-31 | |
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أنا الماضي | Samia Farid | 1950-01-22 |
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ظلموني الناس | Nemat | 1950-08-14 |
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بابا أمين | Huda | 1950-11-20 |
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اخلاق للبيع | 1950-12-29 | |
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ست البيت | إلهام حامد عبد العزيز | 1949-04-11 |
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بيومي أفندي | zenat | 1949-12-29 |
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Kursi al-I`tiraf | 1949-01-01 | |
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كل بيت له راجل | فاتن أنيس كامل | 1949-09-22 |
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العقاب | ابتسام بنت محسن | 1948-02-05 |
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حياة حائرة | 1948-03-09 | |
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المليونيرة الصغيرة | 1948-01-01 | |
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الحلقة المفقودة | 1948-10-07 | |
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نحو المجد | 1948-12-20 | |
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اليتيمتين | نعمت | 1948-11-08 |
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خلود | Laila (mother) / Amal (daughter) | 1948-05-03 |
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الهانم | 1947-01-06 | |
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نور من السماء | 1947-01-20 | |
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أبو زيد الهلالي | 1947-11-10 | |
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كانت ملاكا | 1947-12-26 | |
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القناع الأحمر | 1947-10-05 | |
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ملائكة في جهنم | 1946-01-01 | |
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ملاك الرحمة | Thurya - ثريا | 1946-11-04 |
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دنيا | Nadia Fathy Bey | 1946-01-28 |
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الملاك الأبيض | 1946-12-20 | |
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أول الشهر | 1945-09-30 | |
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رصاصة فى القلب | نجوى | 1944-03-27 |
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يوم سعيد | أنيسة - طفلة | 1940-01-15 |
