Olwiya Gamil
Born: 1910-12-15 in Lebanon
Died: 1994-08-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1964
- The Black Cat as Amina
- A wife from Paris as والدة سامية
1962
- The Cursed Palace as Najiya
1961
- The Student as أم حسن
- No Understanding as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
1960
1958
- Maa Al Ayam
- Chabab El Yom as Umm Fathia
1957
- Leila Raheeba as أمينة
- Sageen Abu Za'abal as Hasan's mom
- The Suspect as fekry's mother
- Tarek Al Amal as ام حسين
- نهاية حب
1956
- Miracle from heaven as ام سلوى
1955
- God Is on Our Side
- الغائبة
- Nahnu Bashar
- The Unknown Beloved as Laila's mother
1954
- El naas makamat as Hamid's wife
- دلوني يا ناس as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
1953
1952
- killer mother as نعمت
- Qadam Al Kheir
1951
1946
- The white angel
- Layla, Daughter of the Rich as Munira Hanem
1944
- Berlanty as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
- Executioner's sword
- Wahida
- Ibn Al-Haddad as جلبهار هانم
1942
- Children of the poor as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
1941
- The Victory of Youth as ام محي