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Sanaa Gamil

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: Acting

Born: Egypt, 1930-04-27

Died: 2002-12-22

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Adam and Eve	Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée	0
2	1952	killer mother		0
3	1952	Good News	Noura نورا	0
4	1952	The Great Clown		0
5	1952	Zeinab	مسعودة	0
6	1952	Isalu kalbi		0
7	1952	The Lady on the Train	Afaf	50
8	1952	Iidini eaqlak	Bahiga	0
9	1953	Fi Sharaa Meen		0
10	1953	شريك حياتى	سهير	0
11	1953	Ana Wi Habibi	Fake Lover	0
12	1953	Money slaves	فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه	0
13	1953	Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool	زوجة المرابي اليهودي	70
14	1953	Have Mercy		62
15	1953	Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna		0
16	1954	Kedt Ahdem Baity		0
17	1954	Marret El-ayam		0
18	1954	Ya Zalemni		0
19	1954	April Fool		70
20	1955	أحلام الربيع		0
21	1956	The Sky Devils	Head Nurse	0
22	1956	Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'		0
23	1957	Nisaa Fi Hayaty		0
24	1957	I'll Never Cry	Samiha	80
25	1958	Maa Al Ayam		0
26	1959	Heart of Gold	Awsaf	0
27	1960	The Beginning and the End	Nefisah	80
28	1961	No Tears		0
29	1964	Dawn of a New Day	Nayla	70
30	1966	The Impossible	فاطمة	73
31	1967	زهرة الصبار	الآنسة جيهان	0
32	1967	The Second Wife	Hafiza حفيظة	69
33	1969	زوجات وأزواج		0
34	1972	Al Shaytan wal Kharif	نرجس	0
35	1974	Back Streets		0
36	1976	Tawheeda	أم توحيده	0
37	1976	Your Wisdom, God!		60
38	1978	Ahlan Ya Captin		0
39	1979	The Cursed	baheria	0
40	1979	Doubt, My Love	بهيجة	0
41	1984	The Unknown	Om Nagy	65
42	1986	A solution that pleases all		60
43	1986	Nessa Khalf Al Qodban		0
44	1987	Al-Kharteet		0
45	1987	The Basement		60
46	1992	The Lady from Cairo		0
47	1993	The Lady's Driver	لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا	55
48	1994	Mr. K		0
49	1998	Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better	Sayed's Mother	68
50		Nahed	Gamalat	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role
1	1968	الجاهزين قوي
2	1970	أشجان
3	1977	قلوب فقدت الحب
4	1979	إصلاحية جبل الليمون
5	1980	Eyes
6	1986	أزواج لكن غرباء
7	1988	The White Flag	فضة المعداوي
8	1989	An Escape Night
9	1989	الحب وسنينه
10	1991	اللعبة المجنونة
11	1995	Saken Osady	سلوى
12	1996	Aunt Safiya & the Monastery