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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حكاية نص الليل | Shaker Bey | 1964-07-21 |
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الحقيبة السوداء | حنفى | 1964-04-06 |
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كل الرجالة كده | جودت بيه ضلمه | 1964-06-09 |
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المجانين في نعيم | dentist | 1963-03-11 |
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النشال | 1963-01-28 | |
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الجريمة الضاحكة | Dr. Mamdouh الدكتور ممدوح | 1963-10-14 |
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ملك البترول | Abdul Muttal Bey | 1962-02-19 |
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جمعية قتل الزوجات الهزلية | خواجة مانولي | 1962-05-13 |
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صراع الجبابرة | Danny | 1962-12-27 |
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الترجمان | Rostom Bey | 1961-08-27 |
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النصاب | Monsieur Jacques | 1961-05-22 |
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بلا عودة | 1961-01-31 | |
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لا تذكريني | اسماعيل | 1961-03-17 |
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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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المليونير الفقير | Hotel Manager | 1959-01-01 |
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حسن وماريكا | Yenni | 1959-01-01 |
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قاطع طريق | أبو العز | 1959-06-15 |
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أحبك يا حسن | رجب أبو حسن | 1958-04-14 |
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حب من نار | القائد الإنجليزى | 1958-02-24 |
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أبو عيون جريئة | Dr. Robin von Stubb | 1958-07-12 |
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حبيبي الأسمر | 1958-06-26 | |
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سيدة القصر | Shafik | 1958-11-17 |
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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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زنوبة | جنش | 1956-12-11 |
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قلوب حائرة | 1956-04-13 | |
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كفاية يا عين | 1956-09-10 | |
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الله معنا | 1955-01-02 | |
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عرايس فى المزاد | شرف | 1955-01-22 |
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عاشق الروح | 1955-02-07 | |
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حب ودموع | Khawaga | 1955-10-31 |
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أهل الهوى | اكرم ابو شامة(الثري اللبناني) | 1955-05-23 |
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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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حسن ومرقص وكوهين | كوهين | 1954-05-31 |
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بنت البلد | 1954-11-15 | |
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الشيخ حسن | George | 1954-10-04 |
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رقصة الوداع | 1954-04-26 | |
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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 | كركور الدولة | 1953-04-30 |
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قطار الليل | 1953-02-23 | |
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حرام عليك | 1953-10-29 | |
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آمنت بالله | Abbas Ibrahim | 1952-03-11 |
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بشرة خير | Abbas Effendi عباس أفندي | 1952-04-07 |
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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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طريق الشوك | Soliman | 1950-04-10 |
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دموع الفرح | 1950-01-01 | |
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آخر كدبة | 1950-11-12 | |
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المليونير | 1950-07-07 | |
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شاطئ الغرام | 1950-02-20 | |
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معلهش يا زهر | محسن أفندي | 1950-04-20 |
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بلدي وخفة | 1950-04-02 | |
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معركة الحياة | Gawdat Bey | 1950-11-27 |
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غزل البنات | مدير الكباريه | 1949-09-22 |
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ليلة العيد | نبيه- عصابة | 1949-12-19 |
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عفريتة هانم | Ishta | 1949-11-28 |
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إجازه في جهنم | 1949-09-05 | |
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الهوى والشباب | 1948-01-05 | |
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عنبر | Sousa Beh | 1948-11-01 |
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خيال إمراة | 1948-12-27 | |
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أبو حلموس | زكى أفندي | 1947-10-27 |
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شادية الوادي | 1947-04-07 | |
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قلبي دليلي | الحنش زعيم العصابة | 1947-10-06 |
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ابن عنتر | 1947-11-17 | |
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أصحاب السعادة | 1946-04-01 | |
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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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أحلاهم | 1945-10-09 | |
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شهداء الغرام | شهاب الجزار | 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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انتصار الشباب | طه طه | 1941-03-24 |
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سي عمر | المحامي | 1941-01-06 |
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الورشة | على عبدالرحمن | 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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منيت شبابي | مراد | 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 |
