Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1910-12-15
Day of Death
1994-08-16
Place of Birth
Lebanon
Olwiya Gamil
Biography
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 (41)
A wife from Paris
1964
Prisoner of the Night
1963
The Cursed Palace
1962
No Understanding
1961
The Student
1961
In Your Hands
1960
Abu Ahmad
1960
Maa Al Ayam
1958
Chabab El Yom
1958
Leila Raheeba
1957
Tarek Al Amal
1957
نهاية حب
1957
Sageen Abu Za'abal
1957
The Suspect
1957
