Soad Hosny
| Soad Hosny سعاد حسني |
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Soad Hosny c. 1979
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| Native name | سعاد حسني |
| Born | Souad Muhammad Kamal Hosny January 26, 1943 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | June 21, 2001(aged 58) London, England, UK |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
Soad Hosny (Arabic: سعاد حسنى pronounced [soˈʕæːd ˈħosni]: January 26, 1943[1] – June 21, 2001) was an Egyptian[2] actress born in Cairo. She was known as the "Cinderella of Egyptian cinema" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world.[3] She ascended to stardom at the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991. A majority of her films were shot in the 1960s and 1970s. Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film, The Shepherd and the Women, directed by her ex-husband, Ali Badrakhan.[4]
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Early life and career[edit]
Soad Muhammad Kamal Hosny was born in Bulaq, Cairo, one of three sisters born to Mohammad Hosni and his wife, gawahara. She also had eight half-siblings. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried, to Abdul Monem Hafedh, with whom she had six more children, thus giving Soad and her two sisters, no fewer than 14 half-siblings.[5] Her father was a calligrapher.[5][6][7][8] Najat Al Saghira, one of Hosny's half-siblings, was an actress and singer.[6]
Hosny's final screen appearance was in 1991 in Al Ra'i We El Nissa.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Soad Hosny was married four times.[9] Around 1968, she was married to cinematographer Salah Kurayyem; the marriage lasted for approximately one year. In 1970, Hosny was married to the Egyptian film director Ali Badrakhan; this marriage lasted for approximately eleven years. She was then married to Zaki Fateen Abdel-Wahab, son of Fateen Abdel Wahab and Leila Mourad in 1981. This marriage lasted only five months.[citation needed]
Death[edit]
Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her home at Stuart Tower in London on June 21, 2001.[9] Her funeral in Cairo was attended by some 10,000 people.[10] She had no children and was survived by her widower, her last husband, writer Maher Awad, whom she married in 1987.[11]
Latest[edit]
In 2013, Lebanese filmmaker Rania Stephan used snippets from Hosny's films to re-tell Hosny's story and the history of Egyptian cinema in The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosny. It was featured in Berlin's Art Week.[12]
Filmography[edit]
Films[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1959 | Hassan wa Na'ima | Na'ima | |
| 1960 | El Banat W El Seif | Sameiha | |
| 1960 | Salast Regaal W Emra'a | Thorya | |
| 1960 | Esha'et Hob | Sameiha | |
| 1960 | Mal W Nsaa' | Nei'mat | |
| 1960 | Gharamyat Emra'a | Amina | |
| 1961 | A'az El-Habayeb | Kawthar | |
| 1961 | El-Sabaa' Banaat | Salwa | |
| 1961 | El-Saferia Aziza | Aziza | |
| 1961 | Mafish Tafahom | Leila | |
| 1961 | Lemaza A'aish | Nabila | |
| 1961 | Haa' 3 | Soad | |
| 1961 | El-Do' el-Khaft | Nawwal | |
| 1961 | El-Ashkyaa' el-Talata | Mervat | |
| 1962 | Mafish Tafahom | Leila | |
| 1962 | Maww'ed Fil-borg | Ammaal | |
| 1962 | Mn Gheir Me'aad | Salwa | |
| 1962 | Ghosn el-Zaytoon | Atyaat | |
| 1962 | Seraa' Maa' el-Malaa'eka | Nagwa | |
| 1963 | Ser el-Hareba | Horyah | |
| 1963 | El-Saheira el-Saghera | Hanya | |
| 1963 | El-garema el-Dahka | Leila | |
| 1963 | Aylet Zizi | Sanaa' | |
| 1963 | El-Arees Yasel Ghadan | Samira | |
| 1963 | Shaa'awet Banaat | Ammaal | |
| 1964 | Le'bet el-Hob w el-Gawaz | Amira | |
| 1964 | Hekayt Gawaz | Adeila | |
| 1964 | Awwel Hob | Donia | |
| 1964 | El-Morahkan | Nahed | |
| 1964 | Lel-regal Faqat | Salwa | |
| 1964 | El-Ozab el-Talata | Elham | |
| 1964 | ElTaree' | Elham | |
| 1965 | El-Moghamroon el-Talta | Mona | |
| 1965 | El-Talta Yhbonha | Eiman | |
| 1966 | Ganab el-Safeer | Hoda | |
| 1966 | Mabka el-Oshak | Sekina | |
| 1966 | Leilet el-Zefaf | Salwa | |
| 1966 | Al-Kahira thalatheen | Ehsan | |
| 1966 | Fares Bani Hemdan | Naglaa' | |
| 1966 | Saghera A'la el-Hob | Karima/Sameiha | |
| 1966 | Shaa'awet Regala | Fareda | |
| 1967 | El-Lekaa' el-Thani | Hoda | |
| 1967 | Shabab Magnon Gdn | Madeha/ Esmat | |
| 1967 | Sha't el-Talaba | Mona | |
| 1967 | El Zoga Al Thanya | Fatma | |
| 1968 | El-Set el-Nazra | Hoda | |
| 1968 | Helwa we Sha'ia | Aziza/Nosa | |
| 1968 | El-Tlmeza we el-Ostaz | Salwa | |
| 1968 | Baba Ayez Keda | Nadya | |
| 1968 | El-Zawag a'la el Tareeqa el-Hadeesa | Noha | |
| 1968 | Hekayt 3 Banat | Shahira | |
| 1968 | Hawaa' we el-Kerd | Nadya | |
| 1968 | Nar el-Hob | Nadya | |
| 1969 | Be'r el-Herman | Nahed/Mervat | |
| 1969 | Nadya | Nadya/Mona | |
| 1969 | Fatat el-esta'rad | Fayza | |
| 1969 | Shei' mn el-Azab | Salwa/Ammal | |
| 1970 | El-Hob el-Daa'ea' | Leila | |
| 1970 | Ghroob we Shrooa' | Madiha | |
| 1971 | El-Ekhtyaar | Sherifa | |
| 1971 | Zawgati wal-kalb | Soad | |
| 1972 | El-Khoof | Soad | |
| 1972 | Khalli Balak Min ZouZou | ZouZou/Zeinab | |
| 1972 | El-Nas we el-Neil | Nadya | |
| 1973 | El-Hob elazi kan | Maha | |
| 1973 | Ghrobaa' | Nadya | |
| 1974 | Ayna Akli | Ayda | |
| 1974 | Amiraa.. Hobi Ana | Amira | |
| 1975 | El-Karnak | Zeinab | |
| 1975 | Ala min notliq al-rasas | Tahani | |
| 1978 | Chafika et Metwal | Chafika | |
| 1979 | El-Motwhesha | Bahya | |
| 1981 | People on the Top | Seham | |
| 1981 | Al-Mashbouh | Fatma/Bata | |
| 1981 | Maowid ala ashaa | Nawwaal | |
| 1981 | Al Qadisiyya | Shereen | |
| 1982 | Ghareeb fi Baity | Afaf | |
| 1983 | Hob fel-Znzana | Fayza | |
| 1984 | Afghanistan Lemaza | Afghani woman | |
| 1986 | Al-Go'a | Zebida | |
| 1986 | Asfour el-Shark | Reem | |
| 1988 | Al-Darga Al-Thalitha | Nea'na'aa | |
| 1991 | Al-Ra'i wal Nisaa | Wafaa' |
Bibliography[edit]
- Ashraf Gharib,2001: "Soad Hosni: Al-Hulm Al-Dai' (Soad Hosni: The Lost Dream)"[13]
- Mohamed Soweid,2004: " Cabaret Suad", Beirut: Dar al-Adab[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "وثيقة مكتوبة : شهادة ميلاد سعاد حسني 1943 م". souad.banouta.net. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Roa'ya Assar - بالمستندات الرسمية: سعاد حسني مصرية و وُلدت... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ^ "Egyptian Cinderella". Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ a b "Egyptian screen star dies". BBC News. June 22, 2001. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ a b Mayad Beloun. Profile, Alsharq Al Awsat (newspaper), (August 3, 2001), No. 8284.
- ^ a b Najat Al Saghira profile, najatalsaghira.wordpress.com; accessed July 4, 2015.
- ^ Ahmad Al Samehi. Profile, Al Ahram, December 6, 2012, Issue No. 46021: "Brother of Najat Al Saghira and Soad Hosny: I taught singing to Najat"; accessed July 4, 2015. (in Arabic)
- ^ "Mohammad Hosni the calligrapher", citytalks.co.uk, June 24, 2015; accessed July 10, 2015.
- ^ a b "Egyptians mourn screen Cinderella". BBC News. June 28, 2001. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ Soad Hosni funeral coverage, albayan.ae, June 29, 2001.
- ^ Al Arabiya (Arabic TV channel, Dubai); "Husbands of screen Cinderella ..."; accessed June 23, 2011; accessed July 10, 2015.
- ^ Rowan El Shimi, "Cinderella story of Egyptian cinema told through film on Soad Hosny", ahram.org.eg, September 25, 2013.
- ^ "Return of Soad". Al-Ahram Weekly. November 11–17, 2001. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ^ "The cornflake predicament". Al-Ahram Weekly. June 16–22, 2005. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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External links[edit]
- Soad Hosny on IMDb
- "...Zouzou"
- Profile (citing 1943 year of birth), ElCinema.com; (in Arabic) accessed January 26, 2015.
Articles and essays[edit]
- "رسالة السندريلا إلى الله!" (in Arabic; gives 1943 as year of birth)
- "Souad Hosny dies in London after struggling with disease", aawsat.com (in Arabic; gives 1944 as year of birth)
