Widad Hamdi

Wedad Hamdi
وداد حمدي
Born
Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah

(1924-03-07)7 March 1924
Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
Died26 March 1994(1994-03-26) (aged 70)
Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt
Cause of death
Stabbing
OccupationActress
Years active1945–1994
Spouses
  • Mehammad Elmogi
  • Salah Kabil
  • Mehammad Eltukhi

Wedad Hamdi (Arabic: وداد حمدي) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.

Early life

Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years. Hamdi started her career as a singer.

Career

Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).

She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.

Personal life

Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.

Murder

Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Plays

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Sometimes listed as "Wedad Hamdi"

References

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