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.
41 movies · 1 shows
A wife from Paris
1964·6.5
Prisoner of the Night
1963·8.0
The Cursed Palace
1962·6.2
No Understanding
1961·7.5
The Student
1961·8.0
In Your Hands
1960·4.5
Abu Ahmad
1960·10.0
Maa Al Ayam
1958·9.0
Chabab El Yom
1958·7.0
Leila Raheeba
1957·8.3
The Road of Hope
1957·8.5
نهاية حب
1957·0.0
Sageen Abu Za'abal
1957·9.0
The Suspect
1957·10.0
Miracle from heaven
1956·8.0
الغائبة
1955·0.0
The Unknown Beloved
1955·6.0
Nahnu Bashar
1955·9.0
God Is on Our Side
1955·7.0
دلوني يا ناس
1954·0.0
El naas makamat
1954·7.0
Women Without Men
1953·8.0
Qadam Al Kheir
1952·6.3
killer mother
1952·9.0
Al-Sharaff Ghali
1951·0.0
The Mind is on a Vacation
1947·10.0
Treachery and torment
1947·0.0
Zohrah
1947·0.0
The white angel
1946·0.0
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
1946·7.0
Casino el latafa
1945·10.0
The First Love
1945·0.0
El Mazaher
1945·10.0
Ibn Al-Haddad
1944·0.0
Executioner's sword
1944·0.0
Wahida
1944·0.0
Berlanty
1944·0.0
Children of the poor
1942·0.0
The Victory of Youth
1941·7.0
Happy Day
1940·8.0
Zeinab
1930·4.5