Amal Zayed

A well-known Egyptian actress who is famous for playing the role of a good mother, especially in her most prominent and famous role, the role of (Al-Sitt Amina) opposite (Yahya Shaheen): Si Al-Sayed in the films based on the (Naguib Mahfouz) trilogy. It is likely that she began her artistic career when she was twenty years old. She joined the national troupe for 3 pounds a month. She also participated during that period in the radio series (Marzouk Effendi’s Family). Her sister, the artist (Gamalat Zayed), also participated in this work. Before her twenty-ninth year, she participated in cinema for the first time, in 1939, with the films (The Apple Seller) and (Dinars) - (Dinars) starring (Umm Kulthum) - in the same year. In 1943, she married an army officer named (Abdullah Al-Minyawi), one of the Free Officers who participated with Abdel Nasser in carrying out the July Revolution after that, then she retired from artistic life in 1944 for 15 years to devote herself to her life. Family. She gave birth to her daughter (Ma’ali) in 1953, who later became a famous actress and took her artistic name (Ma’ali Zayed) from her mother. She returned after this long break with the film (For My Love) with the artist (Farid Al-Atrash). One year later, the director (Hassan Al-Imam) nominated her to play her most famous role ever, the film (Bein Kasserine), in which she played the role of the good mother and the humble wife (Sitt Amina) based on Naguib Mahfouz’s masterpiece. With the same title, she also played a role similar to this role in the famous movie (A Thing of Fear). During her career, Mrs. (Amal Zayed) participated in more than 32 plays, in addition to television and radio episodes. She also had a comedic experience in “Akher Janan” with Ahmed Ramzy in 1965, and “My Goblin” with Salah Zulfiqar in 1968. Although she was not famous in these roles as famous as her sister, the artist (Jamalat Zayed), she has always remained known for her roles. Avenue. Her last work was the film (The Love That Was), in which she died before it was released at the age of sixty-two on September 23, 1972.