- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 15, 1910
- Place of Birth
- Lebanon
- Died
- August 16, 1994
Olwiya Gamil
An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's troupe with Youssef Wahbi and remained in the troupe for many years, then joined the National Troupe. She worked in the plays Tosca, Divorce, The Count of Monte Cristo, Homeland, Rasputin, The Honorable Representative, and Polluted Blood. She was famous for her role as a strong-willed woman and a cruel mother-in-law in the films she worked in. She was married to the great artist Mahmoud Al-Meligy from 1939 until his death in 1983. Before that, she had married when she was thirteen years old and gave birth to her only daughter, Isis. She retired from acting in 1967 and passed away in 1994.
Filmography
movieA wife from Paris
1964 · والدة سامية
tvThe Black Cat
1964 · Amina
moviePrisoner of the Night
1963
movieThe Cursed Palace
1962 · Najiya
movieNo Understanding
1961 · Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
movieThe Student
1961 · أم حسن
movieIn Your Hands
1960
movieAbu Ahmad
1960
movieMaa Al Ayam
1958
movieChabab El Yom
1958 · Umm Fathia
movieLeila Raheeba
1957 · أمينة
movieThe Road of Hope
1957 · ام حسين
movieنهاية حب
1957
movieSageen Abu Za'abal
1957 · Hasan's mom
movieThe Suspect
1957 · fekry's mother
movieMiracle from heaven
1956 · ام سلوى
movieالغائبة
1955
movieThe Unknown Beloved
1955 · Laila's mother
movieNahnu Bashar
1955
movieGod Is on Our Side
1955
movieدلوني يا ناس
1954 · الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
movieEl naas makamat
1954 · Hamid's wife
movieWomen Without Men
1953
movieQadam Al Kheir
1952
moviekiller mother
1952 · نعمت
movieAl-Sharaff Ghali
1951
movieThe Mind is on a Vacation
1947
movieTreachery and torment
1947
movieZohrah
1947
movieThe white angel
1946
movieLayla, Daughter of the Rich
1946 · Munira Hanem
movieCasino el latafa
1945
The First Love
movieThe First Love
1945
movieEl Mazaher
1945
movieIbn Al-Haddad
1944 · جلبهار هانم
movieExecutioner's sword
1944
movieWahida
1944
movieBerlanty
1944 · Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
movieChildren of the poor
1942 · عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
movieThe Victory of Youth
1941 · ام محي
movieHappy Day
1940
movieZeinab
1930
movieNahed
— · Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother