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Faten Hamama
Acting

Faten Hamama
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-05-27,El Mansoura, Egypt
Gender
Female
Biography
Faten Hamama (May 27, 1931 - January 17, 2015) was an Egyptian actress and producer. Dubbed "The Lady of the Arabic Screen", she was born in El Mansoura, Egypt. Her legendary journey started as a secret statement between a six-year-old girl and her father after they watched a film in their neighborhood theater, at which leading actress and producer Asya Dagher was present. Faten told her father that she felt the audience was applauding her as the leading actress, and her father hugged her with a vision of helping his daughter become a movie star. She won a contest for the most beautiful child in Egypt, and her dad sent her picture to director Muhammad Karim (a pioneer of Egyptian cinema). Karim was looking for a child for his new film with Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Faten auditioned for and got a role in this movie, Yom said (1940) ("A Happy Day"). She impressed the filmmakers so much during shooting that she was actually given more lines and scenes in the picture than were scripted initially for her. Karim put her under contract, and four years later he gave her a role in a film with Mohamed Abdel Wahab again, Russassa fil Kalb (1944) ("A Bullet in the Heart"). With her third movie with Karim, Dunia (1946), Faten showed filmmakers and audiences alike that she was an actress ready for bigger roles. Her father, along with her family, moved to Cairo to help her in her career. She also began studying her craft at the High Institute of Acting in 1946. Faten left Egypt from 1966-1971 because she resisted the political pressure that was applied to her. She divided her time between Lebanon and London, England. During this period Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asked some prominent critics and writers to try to persuade her to return to Egypt, saying that "Faten Hamama is a national treasure". Her return to Egypt in 1971 breathed life back into Egyptian cinema. She insisted that her films reflect the values of society through family relationships. Her first film upon return was Witch (a short film) with Salah Zulfikar. Her role in Emberatoriet Meem (1972) ("Empire M") as a widow with six children and the struggles she endured to raise them made the film a success both critically and financially, and she earned a special award from an organization in the Soviet Union when the film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival. Her film Orid Hallan (1975) ("I Need a Solution") which was produced by Salah Zulfikar was not only a big hit but resulted in changes to Egyptian marriage and divorce laws. Faten Hamama is the fourth Pyramid in Egyptian cinema, a legend in her platinum anniversary, the diamond that remained shining and kept glowing over the decades on the silver screen.

Filmography

7

I Am the Past
1950-01-22

The Lady of the House

9

The Lady of the House
1949-04-11

7

Orphans' money
1952-01-01

Every house has a man

9

Every house has a man
1949-09-22

Farewell My Love

0

Farewell My Love
1951-03-23

0

أشكى لمين
1951-11-22

10

Cup of torment
1952-07-28

9

Isalu kalbi
1952-05-01

5.833

Love and Tears
1955-10-31

Sayedat el kasr

6.8

Sayedat el kasr
1958-11-17

7.5

The Last Night
1963-12-23

6.286

Sleepless
1957-10-31

The Sun Will Never Set

7.667

The Sun Will Never Set
1961-12-25

5

Immortal Song
1952-12-15

Ethics for Sale

0

Ethics for Sale
1950-12-29

10

Bayoumi Afandi
1949-12-29

Like A Matchstick

7

Like A Matchstick
2016-08-24

5.111

Cairo
1963-07-17

Son of the Nile

7.167

Son of the Nile
1951-01-10

The Blazing Sun

7

The Blazing Sun
1954-03-01

The Nightingale's Prayer

7.8

The Nightingale's Prayer
1959-10-07

10

Dunia
1946-01-28

6.813

Baba Amin
1950-11-20

6.4

Empire M
1972-11-06

7.7

House No. 13
1952-09-23

10

Aisha
1953-04-06

Lak Yom Ya Zalem

9

Lak Yom Ya Zalem
1951-11-19

7

Ana bint Nass
1951-08-13

People's secrets

8

People's secrets
1951-12-31

7.5

Malak alrahma
1946-11-04

Mouths and Rabbits

7.3

Mouths and Rabbits
1977-10-17

6.4

The Open Door
1963-10-07

0

Khulud
1948-05-03

Appointment with Life

6.5

Appointment with Life
1953-12-14

Appointment with Love

7

Appointment with Love
1956-03-05

0

Qolob El Nas
1954-02-01

The River of Love

8.25

The River of Love
1960-11-12

0

Angels in Hell
1946-01-01

The Barred Road

8.5

The Barred Road
1958-04-22

I Want a Solution

7.5

I Want a Solution
1975-03-31

Professor Fatima

7.5

Professor Fatima
1952-02-21

No Time for Love

7.25

No Time for Love
1963-03-25

8

Happy Day
1940-01-15

Bitter Day, Sweet Day

6.6

Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1988-02-19

The Two Orphans

10

The Two Orphans
1948-11-08

Al-Malak Al-Zalem

10

Al-Malak Al-Zalem
1954-05-31

7.4

Our Best Days
1955-03-07

Abu Zeid el Hilali

7

Abu Zeid el Hilali
1947-11-10

Zalamoni El Nas

9

Zalamoni El Nas
1950-08-14

7.7

The Sin
1965-03-03

8

Bein Al-Atlal
1959-02-08

A Bullet in the Heart

8.5

A Bullet in the Heart
1944-03-27

10

Sands of Gold
1971-01-01

The Thin Thread

6.7

The Thin Thread
1971-09-13

7

Big Love
1969-01-01

The Time of Miracles

9

The Time of Miracles
1952-07-23

7

The Miracle
1962-12-24

The Night Of Fatima's Arrest

7.5

The Night Of Fatima's Arrest
1984-03-26

I Won't Confess

9

I Won't Confess
1961-10-16

Traces in the Sand

8.333

Traces in the Sand
1954-04-19

God Is on Our Side

7

God Is on Our Side
1955-01-02

The Great Clown

7

The Great Clown
1952-04-21

6.833

Land of Dreams
1993-09-27

8.5

I'll Never Cry
1957-02-25

8.5

Tarek Al Amal
1957-11-28

Chair of Confession

0

Chair of Confession
1949-01-01

9

Money slaves
1953-04-19

A Tale Behind Every Door

7.5

A Tale Behind Every Door
1979-01-01

9

Habibati
1974-11-18

Always With You

10

Always With You
1954-08-02

El Zuhur El Fatina

9.5

El Zuhur El Fatina
1952-08-28

Struggle in the Harbor

6.529

Struggle in the Harbor
1956-01-16

Love In The Darkness

9

Love In The Darkness
1953-06-08

No Consolation For Women

0

No Consolation For Women
1979-08-23

The Virgin Wife

0

The Virgin Wife
1958-09-14

Story of a Lifetime

7

Story of a Lifetime
1965-08-30

0

The Confession
1965-12-06

Something in My Life

0

Something in My Life
1966-06-15

0

Till We Meet
1958-01-09

10

Pity My Tears
1954-10-31

Shadow of Treason

5.2

Shadow of Treason
1963-06-01

Appointment with Happiness

9

Appointment with Happiness
1954-12-27

Ways of the Heart

7

Ways of the Heart
1956-11-30

The Song of Death

8.5

The Song of Death
1973-01-01

I Want This Man

7

I Want This Man
1972-01-01

8

Witch
1971-01-01

10

Land of Peace
1957-01-02

0

Punishment
1948-02-05

7

Towards glory
1948-12-20

0

Confused life
1948-03-09

0

The red mask
1947-10-05

The beginning of the month

0

The beginning of the month
1945-09-30

0

بعد الوداع
1953-03-30

She was an angel

0

She was an angel
1947-12-26

The white angel

0

The white angel
1946-12-20

0

الهانم
1947-01-06

Light from the sky

0

Light from the sky
1947-01-20

الحلقة المفقودة

0

الحلقة المفقودة
1948-10-07

10

House of Ants
1979-12-06

The Little Millionaire

0

The Little Millionaire
1948-01-01

8.667

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

Conscience of Teacher Hekmat

9

Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
1991-03-18

0

كفر نعمت
1978-08-05