Thuraya Helmy
Born: 1923-09-26 in Egypt
Died: 1994-08-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Egyptian actress and singer, whose real name is (Zakia Ali Mahjoub), and Mustafa Al-Qashash, a journalist in Al-Sabah magazine, chose her artistic name by which she was known. She excelled in the art of monologue. She was born in an artistic family where her sister was a singer. She used to go to the theater and go up to the stage between the seasons and offer singing connections, and from here she started the art of monologue, and continued that from 1940 until 1966. During her artistic career, she presented more than 300 monologues of the most famous of them (Addini Your Mind, O Sidi Eib), in addition to Her participation in acting in many films, she even formed a cinematic duo with the comedian Ismail Yassin, and joined the band (Baba Ezz El-Din). Among her most prominent works is (Ismail Yassin interviews Rayya and Sakina, the male hunter). She passed away in 1994.
Filmography
1992
1988
1987
- The Barefoot Millionaire as Afkar
1986
- The Hunger as خاله حليمه
1970
- Dalal Al-Masria as Dandash
- Dreams Inn
1964
1963
- Alley of The Pestle as Hosnia
1962
1960
- Saedat El Rigal as راقصة
1958
1956
- Farewell, Love as Thurya
- Kilo 99
1955
1954
1953
- Love In The Darkness
- The Bread Seller as friend of Nemat
- Your luck this week
1952
- Good News as Nousa نوسة
- El Zuhur El Fatina as Thurya
- Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts as عزيزة
- Halal Aleik
- Believing in God
- Love Has No Cure as Shoala
- Love Humiliates as Thuraya
1951
1950
1949
- I Love You Only
- Owner of Few Piasters as سنية
1948
- Elsetat Afaret
- The Two Orphans as سنية
1945
- Casino el latafa
- Shahr aleasal
- Laylat Al-Jumea as ثريا بنت عبد الفتاح
- The Black Market as نعيمة
1944
- Long live women!
- Hanan as فتاة الكباريه
- Who's Done it ? as One of Younes's friends
- Earis Alhina
1943
- The worker as منولوجست
- Call of blood
1942
- The Fifth Groom as سوسو - مغنية الكباريه
- If I Was Rich as مطربة الكبارية
1941
1940
- The Life of Darkness as ميمي