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Born · September 28, 1917
Died · March 18, 1994 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Giza, Egypt
Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
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ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
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1991
محمد المواردي · (17 episodes)
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1990
ناصف الليثي
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1988
Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
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1982
British Ambassador
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1979
عبدالرحيم
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1979
(13 episodes)
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1979
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1976
El-Armany الأرماني
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1974
Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
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1973
Salah صلاح
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1972
مراد
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1972
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1971
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1970
Sheikh Hassouna
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1970
الرسّام أحمد خالد
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1969
رفاعي
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1969
الشيخ إبراهيم
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1969
Mahmoud Salem
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1968
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
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1966
Youssef Bey
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1966
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judge
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1966
Ibrahim
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1965
Safar
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1964
Shams شمس
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1964
Ahmed Abdel Gawad
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1964
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جلال
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Adel
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Abbas
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Hussein
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Ahmed Lutfy
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Ahmed Awad
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د. خالد
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Mamdouh Salem
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الشيخ حسن
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Adel
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Essam
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بلال بن رباح
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مراد
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Ahmed
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Farid
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1952
إبراهيم
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الشيخ إبراهيم
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1951
Asem Shaker, Engineer
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Qais bin Al-Malouh
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1948
Hassan
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Mahmoud
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Officer Samir Magdy
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عبد الرحمن القس
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Mahmoud El Banhawy
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Kamal Khatib Wahiba
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زياد
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1940