Olwiya Gamil
Acting
Born: 1910-12-15 in 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.
Known For
The Black Cat
Amina
The Rebel Line
فتون / خطيبة خطاب
In Your Hands
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Munira Hanem
Women Without Men
The Road of Hope
ام حسين
Zeinab
The First Love
El Mazaher
Miracle from heaven
ام سلوى
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Hasan's mom
The Victory of Youth
ام محي
Nahed
Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother
Treachery and torment
Casino el latafa
The Cursed Palace
Najiya
The Unknown Beloved
Laila's mother
The Suspect
fekry's mother
Happy Day
The End of Love
A wife from Paris
والدة سامية
Prisoner of the Night
الغائبة
Leila Raheeba
أمينة
Maa Al Ayam
Qadam Al Kheir
Abu Ahmad
killer mother
نعمت
دلوني يا ناس
الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
Chabab El Yom
Umm Fathia
Ibn Al-Haddad
جلبهار هانم
El naas makamat
Hamid's wife
God Is on Our Side
Zohrah
Children of the poor
عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
No Understanding
Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
Executioner's sword
Al-Sharaff Ghali
Berlanty
Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
