Olwiya Gamil
Known for Acting
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Birthday: December 15, 1910
Deathday: August 16, 1994
Place of birth: Lebanon
Biography
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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