
Sanaa Gamil
Born
April 27, 1930
Died
December 22, 2002 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Egypt
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil.
One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie.
Not only a movie actress, but more importantly one of the best Egyptian theater actresses. She has also played a number of roles on the French Stage for La Comedie Francaise.
She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist Louis Greiss and had no children.
She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb
Known For

Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Sayed's Mother
1998

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
(17 episodes)
1996

Saken Osady
سلوى · (4 episodes)
1995

Mr. K
1994

The Lady's Driver
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
1993

The Lady from Cairo
1992

اللعبة المجنونة
(1 episode)
1991

الحب وسنينه
(1 episode)
1989

An Escape Night
(16 episodes)
1989

The White Flag
فضة المعداوي · (16 episodes)
1988

The Basement
1987

Al-Kharteet
1987

Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
أزواج لكن غرباء
(1 episode)
1986

A solution that pleases all
1986

The Unknown
Om Nagy
1984

Eyes
(13 episodes)
1980

إصلاحية جبل الليمون
(1 episode)
1979

The Cursed
baheria
1979

Doubt, My Love
بهيجة
1979

Ahlan Ya Captin
1978

قلوب فقدت الحب
(1 episode)
1977

Your Wisdom, God!
1976

Tawheeda
أم توحيده
1976

Back Streets
1974

Al Shaytan wal Kharif
نرجس
1972

أشجان
(7 episodes)
1970
زوجات وأزواج
1969
الجاهزين قوي
(1 episode)
1968

The Second Wife
Hafiza حفيظة
1967

زهرة الصبار
الآنسة جيهان
1967

The Impossible
فاطمة
1966

Dawn of a New Day
Nayla
1964

No Tears
1961

The Beginning and the End
Nefisah
1960

Heart of Gold
Awsaf
1959

Maa Al Ayam
1958

I'll Never Cry
Samiha
1957

Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957

Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956

The Sky Devils
Head Nurse
1956

أحلام الربيع
1955

April Fool
1954

Ya Zalemni
1954

Marret El-ayam
1954

Kedt Ahdem Baity
1954

Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953

Have Mercy
1953

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
زوجة المرابي اليهودي
1953

Money slaves
فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
1953

Ana Wi Habibi
Fake Lover
1953

شريك حياتى
سهير
1953

Fi Sharaa Meen
1953

Iidini eaqlak
Bahiga
1952

The Lady on the Train
Afaf
1952

Zeinab
مسعودة
1952

Isalu kalbi
1952

The Great Clown
1952

Good News
Noura نورا
1952

killer mother
1952

Adam and Eve
Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
1951

Nahed
Gamalat