Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
2001-04-18
Day of Death
1986-01-12
Place of Birth
Lebanon
Assia Dagher
Biography
A Lebanese producer and actress, born in Tannourine in 1901. She moved to Egypt in 1923 with her niece, Mary Queeny. In 1927, Assia established her own production company, Lotus Film, which became one of the pioneering production companies in the history of Egyptian cinema. Assia produced her first film in 1929, Belle of Desert, in which she also co-starred. Since then, the films in which she participated as an actress and producer continued, including When a Woman Loves, Manager's Daughter, and The Accused. In the late 1940s, Assia decided to stop acting and devote herself to her work as a producer. After that, she produced many notable films, such as Return My Heart, and Nasser Salah Eddin, which was at the time the most expensive Egyptian film ever made. Assia Dagher died in 1986 at the age of 78.
Filmography (19)
الهانم
1947
This Was My Father's Crime
1945
What a madness
1943
The Fifth Groom
1942
Al-Sharid
1942
almutahama
1942
Dangerous woman
1941
Zuleikha loves Ashour
1939
Look for the Woman
1939
Bent Elbasha El Moder
1938
Proxy Wife
1936
Banknote
1936
Shajarat al-Durr
1935
Bewitching Eyes
1934
