- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Egypt
- Died
- December 22, 2002
Sanaa Gamil
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil. One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie. Not only a movie actress, but more importantly one of the best Egyptian theater actresses. She has also played a number of roles on the French Stage for La Comedie Francaise. She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist Louis Greiss and had no children. She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil …
Filmography
tvالبر الغربي
2001 · Creator
movieSmile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998 · Sayed's Mother
tvAunt Safiya & the Monastery
1996
tvSaken Osady
1995 · سلوى
movieMr. K
1994
movieThe Lady's Driver
1993 · لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
tvاللعبة المجنونة
1991
tvالحب وسنينه
1989
tvAn Escape Night
1989
tvThe White Flag
1988 · فضة المعداوي
movieThe Basement
1987 · أم الخير
movieAl-Kharteet
1987 · نرجس
movieNessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
أزواج لكن غرباء
tvأزواج لكن غرباء
1986
movieA solution that pleases all
1986
movieWhen Evening Comes
1985
movieThe Unknown
1984 · Aleya "The Mother"
tvEyes
1980
tvإصلاحية جبل الليمون
1979
movieThe Cursed
1979 · بهيرة
movieDoubt, My Love
1979 · بهيجة
movieAhlan Ya Captin
1978
tvقلوب فقدت الحب
1977
movieYour Wisdom, God!
1976
movieTawheeda
1976 · أم توحيده
movieThe Message
1976 · Sumayya
movieBack Streets
1974
movieAl Shaytan wal Kharif
1972 · نرجس
movieSome Live Twice
1971
tvأشجان
1970
زوجات وأزواج
movieزوجات وأزواج
1969
الجاهزين قوي
tvالجاهزين قوي
1968
movieThe Second Wife
1967 · Hafiza حفيظة
movieزهرة الصبار
1967 · الآنسة جيهان
movieThe Impossible
1965 · فاطمة
movieDawn of a New Day
1964 · Nayla
movieNo Tears
1961
movieThe Beginning and the End
1960 · Nefisah
movieA Heart of Gold
1959 · Awsaf
movieMaa Al Ayam
1958
movieI'll Never Cry
1957 · Samiha
movieNisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
movieIsmail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956
movieThe Sky Devils
1956 · Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
movieالميعاد
1955
movieأهل الهوى
1955 · زوبة الشغالة
movieSpring Fantasies
1955
movieApril Fool
1954
movieYa Zalemni
1954
movieMarret El-ayam
1954
movieKedt Ahdem Baity
1954
movieNafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953
movieHave Mercy
1953
movieBelal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953 · زوجة المرابي اليهودي
movieMoney slaves
1953 · فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
movieAna Wi Habibi
1953 · Fake Lover
movieشريك حياتى
1953 · سهير
movieFi Sharaa Meen
1953
movieIidini eaqlak
1952 · Bahiga
movieLady of The Train
1952 · Afaf
movieZeinab
1952 · مسعودة
movieIsalu kalbi
1952
movieThe Great Clown
1952
movieGood News
1952 · Noura نورا
moviekiller mother
1952
movieAdam and Eve
1951 · Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
movieNahed
— · Gamalat