Olwiya Gamil
Born
December 15, 1910
Died
August 16, 1994 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Lebanon
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.
A wife from Paris
والدة سامية
1964
The Black Cat
Amina · (15 episodes)
1964
Prisoner of the Night
1963
The Cursed Palace
Najiya
1962
No Understanding
Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
1961
The Student
أم حسن
1961
In Your Hands
1960
Abu Ahmad
1960
Maa Al Ayam
1958
Chabab El Yom
Umm Fathia
1958
Leila Raheeba
1957
Tarek Al Amal
ام حسين
1957
نهاية حب
1957
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Hasan's mom
1957
The Suspect
fekry's mother
1957
Miracle from heaven
ام سلوى
1956
El Habeb El Maghool
Laila's mother
1955
Nahnu Bashar
1955
God Is on Our Side
1955
دلوني يا ناس
الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
1954
El naas makamat
Hamid's wife
1954
Women Without Men
1953
Qadam Al Kheir
1952
killer mother
نعمت
1952
Al-Sharaff Ghali
1951
The Mind is on a Vacation
1947
Treachery and torment
1947
Zohrah
1947
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Munira Hanem
1946
Casino el latafa
1945
El Mazaher
1945
Ibn Al-Haddad
جلبهار هانم
1944
Executioner's sword
1944
Wahida
1944
Berlanty
Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
1944
Children of the poor
عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
1942
The Victory of Youth
ام محي
1941
Happy Day
1940
Zeinab
1930
Nahed
Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother