Sanaa Gamil
Known for Acting · 66 credits
- Born
- 1930-04-27
- Died
- 2002-12-22
- Place of birth
- Egypt
- Also known as
- سناء جميل · Sanaa Jamil · ثريا يوسف عطا الله · Sanaa Gamil
Biography
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil.
One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie.
Not only a movie actress, but more importantly one of the best Egyptian theater actresses. She has also played a number of roles on the French Stage for La Comedie Francaise.
She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist Louis Greiss and had no children.
She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb
Known For
TV Shows (12)
Movies (54)
The Message
1976
as Sumayya
Fi Sharaa Meen
1953
Ana Wi Habibi
1953
as Fake Lover
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998
as Sayed's Mother
The Great Clown
1952
Lady of The Train
1952
as Afaf
I'll Never Cry
1957
as Samiha
Iidini eaqlak
1952
as Bahiga
The Basement
1987
The Beginning and the End
1960
as Nefisah
Your Wisdom, God!
1976
Kedt Ahdem Baity
1954
Money slaves
1953
as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
Back Streets
1974
Ahlan Ya Captin
1978
Zeinab
1952
as مسعودة
Nahed
as Gamalat
Isalu kalbi
1952
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
1972
as نرجس
The Cursed
1979
as baheria
When Evening Comes
1985
Maa Al Ayam
1958
Dawn of a New Day
1964
as Nayla
No Tears
1961
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
شريك حياتى
1953
as سهير
killer mother
1952
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953
as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Ya Zalemni
1954
The Sky Devils
1956
as Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
The Unknown
1984
as Aleya "The Mother"
Doubt, My Love
1979
as بهيجة
The Second Wife
1967
as Hafiza حفيظة
Heart of Gold
1959
as Awsaf
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953
Marret El-ayam
1954
A solution that pleases all
1986
April Fool
1954
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956
The Lady's Driver
1993
as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
Have Mercy
1953
Adam and Eve
1951
as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
The Impossible
1965
as فاطمة
Spring Fantasies
1955
الميعاد
1955
Some Live Twice
1971
Mr. K
1994
Tawheeda
1976
as أم توحيده
زوجات وأزواج
1969
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
أهل الهوى
1955
as زوبة الشغالة
Good News
1952
as Noura نورا
Al-Kharteet
1987
زهرة الصبار
1967
as الآنسة جيهان
About Sanaa Gamil
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil. One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie. Not only a movie actress, but more importantly… With 66 credits spanning from 1951 to 1998, Sanaa Gamil has appeared in 54 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sanaa Gamil Movies
- The Message (1976) — as Sumayya
- Fi Sharaa Meen (1953)
- Ana Wi Habibi (1953) — as Fake Lover
- Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better (1998) — as Sayed's Mother
- The Great Clown (1952)
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