Assia Dagher
Born: 2001-04-18 in Lebanon
Died: 1986-01-12
Known For: Acting
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
1972
- Al Shaytan wal Kharif ... (Producer)
1970
- أوهام الحب ... (Producer)
1969
- Diary of a Country Prosecutor ... (Producer)
1967
- اللقاء الثاني ... (Producer)
1963
- Saladin the Victorious ... (Producer)
1957
- Return My Heart ... (Producer)
1954
- Life or Death ... (Producer)
1951
- Fil Hawa Sawa ... (Producer)
1950
- Prince of Revenge ... (Producer)
- Maalesh Ya Zahar ... (Producer)
- Saa La Qalbak ... (Producer)
1949
- The Lady of the House ... (Producer)
1948
- Punishment ... (Producer)
1947
1945
- This Was My Father's Crime as Assia Dagher
1943
- What a madness as إكرام
1942
- The Fifth Groom as بهيرة هانم - الأرملة الثرية
- Al-Sharid
- almutahama as سميحة
1941
1939
- Zuleikha loves Ashour as Zuleikha
- Look for the Woman as Huda Hanem
1938
- Bent Elbasha El Moder as حكمت إسماعيل
1936
- Proxy Wife as ناهد - أمينة هانم
- Banknote as Salma
1935
- Shajarat al-Durr as Shajarat al-Durr
1934
- Bewitching Eyes as Dalila
1933
- When a Woman Loves as Nadia
1932
1929
- Belle of the Desert as سلمى