1891-11-16 Cairo, Egypt
Stéphane de Rosti was born in Alexandria. His father, Stéphane Rosti senior, an Austrian Baron, who married an Italian, bought her palace in Shoubra and decided to live there. As the mother was about to give birth to her child, the father returned to Vienna in obedience to his Aristocratic family. When Stéphane Rosti was born, she gave him his father’s name. He lived with his mother in Shoubra, and went to al-Khedeweyya school. When he got his school certificate, he decided to try to meet his father. At the same time, he got in touch with an Austrian ballet dancer in “Teatro Abbas” with whom he travelled to Vienna. He managed to meet his father there but eventually fell from favor because of his relation with the dancer, in addition to his Artistic tendencies. It was in Europe that Stéphane met the director Muhammad Kareem, was studying cinema in Germany at the time, who helped him to return to Egypt. In 1917, Rosti met Aziz Eid who was about to form his own theatrical troupe. Later, Rosti together with Nagueeb al-Rehaany presented the operetta “Al-‘ashara al-tayyeba i.e. Ten of hearts (1920)”. It was his activity in Ramsis troupe that made his colleague ‘Azeeza Ameer decide to let him complete what was considered the first Egyptian feature film “Nedaa Allaah i.e. The call of God (1927)”, eventually changed to “Laila” in 1927. The Turkish director Wedaad ‘Orfy was supposed to direct the film but he clashed with Azeeza Ameer. In addition to “Laila”, Rosti directed five films and was co-writer of six others. However, his reputation rests heavily on his acting career. Even though he was famous for playing the villain, he used to interpret such roles with a unique sense of humor that made the audience sometimes actually like and sympathize with his character. He succeeded in combining the villain and comedian, to become a comic villain. He used to take part in the writing of his character and add some words that usually became a feature of his character. It is a measure of his success that some of his lines are still remembered until this very day. Would always be remembered also for his unique accent and tone of voice especially when playing a foreigner. In 1936, Stéphane Rosti married an Italian lady called Marina, they stayed together until he died on 12 May 1964, while shooting the last scenes of “Hekaayaat noss al-leil i.e. Midnight tales”.
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آخر شقاوة | 1964-11-05 | |
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كل الرجالة كده | جودت بيه ضلمه | 1964-06-09 |
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الحقيبة السوداء | حنفى | 1964-04-06 |
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حكاية نص الليل | Shaker Bey | 1964-07-21 |
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المجانين في نعيم | dentist | 1963-03-11 |
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الجريمة الضاحكة | Dr. Mamdouh الدكتور ممدوح | 1963-10-14 |
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النشال | 1963-01-28 | |
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صراع الجبابرة | Danny | 1962-12-27 |
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جمعية قتل الزوجات الهزلية | خواجة مانولي | 1962-05-13 |
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ملك البترول | Abdul Muttal Bey | 1962-02-19 |
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لا تذكريني | 1961-03-17 | |
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الترجمان | Rostom Bey | 1961-08-27 |
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النصاب | Monsieur Jacques | 1961-05-22 |
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إسماعيل يس في السجن | Faraj Sharaf | 1960-01-01 |
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حلاق السيدات | Rashed | 1960-03-14 |
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قاطع طريق | 1959-06-15 | |
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المليونير الفقير | Hotel Manager | 1959-01-01 |
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حسن وماريكا | Yenni | 1959-01-01 |
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سيدة القصر | Shafik | 1958-11-17 |
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حبيبي الأسمر | 1958-06-26 | |
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حب من نار | القائد الإنجليزى | 1958-02-24 |
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أحبك يا حسن | رجب أبو حسن | 1958-04-14 |
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أبو عيون جريئة | Dr. Robin von Stubb | 1958-07-12 |
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تمر حنة | رستم | 1957-06-01 |
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سجين أبو زعبل | 1957-06-17 | |
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سمارة | 1956-03-08 | |
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كفاية يا عين | 1956-09-10 | |
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قلوب حائرة | 1956-04-13 | |
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عرايس فى المزاد | 1955-01-22 | |
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الله معنا | 1955-01-02 | |
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عاشق الروح | 1955-02-07 | |
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حب ودموع | Khawaga | 1955-10-31 |
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الستات ما يعرفوش يكدبوا | 1954-10-11 | |
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كدبة ابريل | رستم | 1954-08-08 |
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رقصة الوداع | 1954-04-26 | |
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بنت البلد | 1954-11-15 | |
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الشيخ حسن | George | 1954-10-04 |
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حسن ومرقص وكوهين | كوهين | 1954-05-31 |
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قطار الليل | 1953-02-23 | |
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ابن ذوات | Simeon Lesha | 1953-10-01 |
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الدنيا لما تضحك | 1953-01-01 | |
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حكم قراقوش | 1953-04-30 | |
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حرام عليك | 1953-10-29 | |
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بشرة خير | Abbas Effendi عباس أفندي | 1952-04-07 |
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آمنت بالله | Abbas Ibrahim | 1952-03-11 |
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حلال عليك | Farid | 1952-12-01 |
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ماتقولش لحد | Ghazal Bashraf | 1952-02-21 |
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ليلة الحنة | 1951-02-19 | |
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آخر كدبة | 1950-11-12 | |
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معلهش يا زهر | محسن أفندي | 1950-04-20 |
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المليونير | 1950-07-07 | |
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معركة الحياة | Gawdat Bey | 1950-11-27 |
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طريق الشوك | Soliman | 1950-04-10 |
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بلدي وخفة | 1950-04-02 | |
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شاطئ الغرام | 1950-02-20 | |
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ليلة العيد | 1949-12-19 | |
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إجازه في جهنم | 1949-09-05 | |
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غزل البنات | مدير الكباريه | 1949-09-22 |
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عفريتة هانم | Ishta | 1949-11-28 |
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الهوى والشباب | 1948-01-05 | |
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عنبر | Sousa Beh | 1948-11-01 |
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قلبي دليلي | الحنش زعيم العصابة | 1947-10-06 |
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شادية الوادي | 1947-04-07 | |
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أبو حلموس | زكى أفندي | 1947-10-27 |
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أصحاب السعادة | 1946-04-01 | |
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أحلاهم | 1945-10-09 | |
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سلامة | الشاعر عمر بن ابي ربيعة | 1945-04-09 |
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المظاهر | Nabil Bey | 1945-02-01 |
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شهداء الغرام | Shehab Al-Jazzar | 1944-10-19 |
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الطريق المستقيم | إبراهيم | 1943-10-17 |
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ابن البلد | 1942-10-29 | |
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سي عمر | المحامي | 1941-01-06 |
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Intisar al-chabab | 1941-01-02 | |
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الورشة | Ali Abdul Rahman | 1940-11-28 |
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زليخا تحب عاشور | 1939-03-01 | |
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في ليلة ممطرة | رئيس العصابة | 1939-03-09 |
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أنا طبعي كده | د.رأفت | 1938-03-03 |
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نشيد الأمل | 1937-01-11 | |
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سلامة في خير | رستم باشا | 1937-11-29 |
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عنتر أفندي | 1935-12-12 | |
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صاحب السعادة كشكش بيه | Translator Abu Al-Dabal | 1931-04-27 |
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البحر بيضحك | Driver | 1928-10-22 |
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ليلى | Raouf Bey | 1927-11-16 |
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نداء الرب | Raouf Bey | 1926-06-28 |
