Thuraya Fakhry
Born: 1905-08-03 in Zahle - Lebanon
Died: 1965-09-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
An Egyptian actress of Lebanese origin. She was born in Zahle, Lebanon, to a middle-class family, as her father worked in the textile trade. She had the opportunity to receive some education, and as a child she was an actress, successfully playing the role of the mother in school parties. After completing her primary education, she joined one of the troupes that were widespread in Lebanon. She came to Egypt at the age of 25 with her father, who had liquidated his business in Lebanon and wanted to try his luck in Egypt. She and her father lived in Alexandria and joined Ali Al-Kassar's troupe. She continued acting, performing in approximately 32 plays with various theatrical troupes. She was famous for playing the role of the mother, but she also played the role of the elegant lady. Her features helped her stand out, and she also had a laugh with a special tone.
Filmography
1965
- Lost Days
- Dearer Than My Life
- Widow Wanted as Umm Ali
1964
- Between Two Mansions as طيفه هانم
- Runaway from Marriage as Esther - Sarina's mother
- الدبور as داده حليمه
- Thawrat Al-Banat
1963
- The Laughing Crime as الداده
- Serr el hareba as رسمية هانم
- Fire in My Heart
1962
- The Cursed Palace
- The Black Candles as Halima
- The King of Petrol as Mabrouka
- Beware of Eve
- Salwa in the Wind
- El Ragol El Thaalab as شغالة فى منزل شريف
- Mid-Year Vacation
- Schoolgirl's notes
1961
- Dearest Beloved as الخاطبه
- H-3 as رضية زوجة عباس
- A Day of My Life
- Mawa'ed Ma' Almady as Farida
- لا تذكريني as أم ناهد
- The Warm Nights
1960
- The Beginning and the End
- The River of Love as دادة أم الخير
- Wa Ead Al Hob
- Sad Melody as Umm Mohamed
- End of the Road
- Melody of Joy
- My Only Love
- Agony of Love
- Lovers' Call
1959
- El Murra El Maghoula as الداده
- Bein Al-Atlal as الدادا
- سجن العذارى
- Umm Ratiba as sayed's mother
- Katia tarik as قوت القلوب
- Love Story
- Mufattish El Mabahess as ام حسام
- Rendezvous with a Stranger as rashad's mother
- Between Heaven and Earth
- Laila, Daughter of the Beach as أم الهنا
- Samara's Ghost as والدة فؤاد
- Hassan and Marika
1958
- The Love Street
- Ismail Yassine as Tarzan
- Habibi El Asmar as آسمة
- Repentance as أم عمر
- Chabab El Yom as Umm Nawal
- My One and Only
1957
1956
- Girls of Today as Buthaina's mother
- Kefaya ya Ein
- A Voice from the Past
- I Killed My Wife as Umm Hamed
- نداء الحب as الدادة
1955
- Days and Nights as أم فاطمة
- Al-Jasad
- The Unknown Beloved as Halima
- Girls' School
- Tears at night
- Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina as Nono's mother
- Dearer Than My Eyes
- My Love Story
- Spring Fantasies
- Soul lover
1954
- الأرض الطيبة as زوجة حسنين خال سعدية
- Sheikh Hassan as Umm Nabawiya
- Al-Mal W'al-Banun
- Love letter as Inayat Hanem
- Aziza
- Appointment with Happiness
- Akwa Min El Hub
- Always With You as Tafida's aunt
- Women Can’t Lie as Um Yanni
- Marret El-ayam
1953
- Ghaltet El Omr as Umm Munira
- Albi Ala Waldi as Zahira Hanem
- The Deprivation
- Kalimat el hak
- شريك حياتى as تفيده
- Rule of Time as Inayat Hanem
- Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
- The honorable thief as Fathia's aunt
1952
1950
- The Much-Loved One
- Battle of life
- Tough Road as Salwa's mother
- Women's guile as Umm Nabeeh
1949
1948
- Punishment as أم علي جارة الخدامة رقية
- Khulud
- سجى الليل
1947
1946
- Gharam El Sheyukh
- Glory and tears as أم حمدى
1945
- El Mazaher
- Casino el latafa
- Qesset Gharam as Dada Amina
- Bayn Narayn as Umm Alia
- The Black Market as أم محمود
- Leila, Daughter of the Poor as Umm Samira Hanem
1944
- Passion and Revenge as مباركة
- Who's Done it ? as Nabwiya Hanim
- Nour al-Din and the Three Sailors
- Layla in the dark as الدادة
- my daughter
- A lie within a lie
1943
- Majda
- Les Misérables as مديرة المدرسة
1942
- almutahama
- Love Is Forbidden as ستيته - والدة عزيز
- The Fifth Groom as عليّة - خادمة بهيره هانم
- On the stage of life as عائشة هانم
- Al-Sharid
1941
- The Victory of Youth
- Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi as Princess Salma's bridesmaid
1939
- The Will as أم محمد
- El Doctor as رئيسة الجمعية
- Look for the Woman