Olwiya Gamil
Also known as: علوية جميل · اليصابات خليل مجدلانى · Olwiyya Gamil
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.
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Frequent Collaborators
Mahmoud El Meligy25 shared works
Shoukry Sarhan9 shared works
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi7 shared works
Bishara Wakim7 shared works
Fouad Shafiq7 shared works
Zeinat Sedki6 shared works
Serag Mounir6 shared works
Omar Al-Hariri6 shared works
Thuraya Fakhry6 shared works
Youssef Wahby5 shared works
Hussein Reyaad5 shared works
Abdelsalam Al-Nabulsi5 shared worksPhotos
1Full Filmography
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A wife from Paris
1964 · actor · ⭐ 6.5
The Black Cat
1964 · actor · ⭐ 7.0
Prisoner of the Night
1963 · actor · ⭐ 8.0
The Cursed Palace
1962 · actor · ⭐ 6.2
No Understanding
1961 · actor · ⭐ 7.5
The Student
1961 · actor · ⭐ 8.0
In Your Hands
1960 · actor · ⭐ 4.5
Abu Ahmad
1960 · actor · ⭐ 10.0
Chabab El Yom
1958 · actor · ⭐ 7.0
Leila Raheeba
1957 · actor · ⭐ 8.3
The Road of Hope
1957 · actor · ⭐ 8.5
نهاية حب
1957 · actor
Sageen Abu Za'abal
1957 · actor · ⭐ 9.0
The Suspect
1957 · actor · ⭐ 10.0
الغائبة
1955 · actor
The Unknown Beloved
1955 · actor · ⭐ 6.0
Nahnu Bashar
1955 · actor · ⭐ 9.0
God Is on Our Side
1955 · actor · ⭐ 7.0
دلوني يا ناس
1954 · actor
El naas makamat
1954 · actor · ⭐ 7.0
Women Without Men
1953 · actor · ⭐ 8.0
Qadam Al Kheir
1952 · actor · ⭐ 6.3
Nahed
1952 · actor · ⭐ 8.0
killer mother
1952 · actor · ⭐ 9.0
Al-Sharaff Ghali
1951 · actor
The Mind is on a Vacation
1947 · actor · ⭐ 10.0
Treachery and torment
1947 · actor
Zohrah
1947 · actor
The white angel
1946 · actor
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
1946 · actor · ⭐ 7.0
Casino el latafa
1945 · actor · ⭐ 10.0
The First Love
1945 · actor
El Mazaher
1945 · actor · ⭐ 10.0
Ibn Al-Haddad
1944 · actor
Executioner's sword
1944 · actor
Wahida
1944 · actor
Berlanty
1944 · actor
Children of the poor
1942 · actor
The Victory of Youth
1941 · actor · ⭐ 7.0
Happy Day
1940 · actor · ⭐ 8.0
Zeinab
1930 · actor · ⭐ 4.5