Faten Hamama
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.
Fotos
Filme (100)
Like A Matchstick
2016
Land of Dreams
1993 · Narges
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
1988 · Aisha Muhammad Al-Mandali
The Night Of Fatima's Arrest
1984 · Fatma فاطمة
House of Ants
1979 · Producer
No Consolation For Women
1979 · راوية سليم عبدالحي
A Tale Behind Every Door
1979 · Sherin / Siham, Producer
Mouths and Rabbits
1977 · Nemat
I Want a Solution
1975 · دريّة عزمي
Habibati
1974 · Samia Mahmoud
The Song of Death
1973
Empire M
1972 · Mona
I Want This Man
1972
The Thin Thread
1971 · Mona
Sands of Gold
1971 · Zebyda
Witch
1971 · سعاد
Big Love
1969 · Hanan
Something in My Life
1966 · عايدة
The Confession
1965 · Nawal
Story of a Lifetime
1965 · Nadia
The Sin
1965 · Aziza
The Last Night
1963 · Fawzia/Nadia
The Open Door
1963 · Laila Sliman
Cairo
1963 · Amina
Shadow of Treason
1963 · Nadia
No Time for Love
1963 · Fawzy
The Miracle
1962 · Leila
The Sun Will Never Set
1961 · Layla
I Won't Confess
1961 · Amal (wife)
The River of Love
1960 · نوال
The Nightingale's Prayer
1959 · أمنة
Among the Ruins
1959 · منى
Sayedat el kasr
1958 · Sawsan
The Virgin Wife
1958 · منى
The Barred Road
1958 · Fayza (teacher) - فايزة راشد
Till We Meet
1958 · Amal
The Road of Hope
1957 · سنية
Sleepless
1957 · Nadia Lutfy
I'll Never Cry
1957 · Huda
Land of Peace
1957 · Salma
Ways of the Heart
1956 · Karima
Appointment with Love
1956 · Nawal
Struggle in the Harbor
1956 · Hamedah
Love and Tears
1955 · Fatma, Producer
Our Best Days
1955 · هدى
God Is on Our Side
1955 · نادية
Appointment with Happiness
1954 · Ehsan / Amal
Pity My Tears
1954 · Amal Amin - آمال أمين
Always With You
1954 · Tafida
Al-Malak Al-Zalem
1954
Traces in the Sand
1954 · Ragia
The Blazing Sun
1954 · Amal أمال
Qolob El Nas
1954 · Neama
Appointment with Life
1953 · Amal, Producer
Love In The Darkness
1953
Money slaves
1953 · فتحية
Aisha
1953 · Aisha
After the Farewell
1953
Immortal Song
1952 · Wafa Riyad Hamdi
House No. 13
1952 · نادية
El Zuhur El Fatina
1952 · Karima
Cup of torment
1952 · نعمة
The Time of Miracles
1952 · نعمت ابراهيم
Isalu kalbi
1952
The Great Clown
1952
Professor Fatima
1952 · Fatima (Lawyer)
Orphans' money
1952 · Zahira - زهيرة
People's secrets
1951
أشكى لمين
1951
Lak Yom Ya Zalem
1951 · انصاف
Ana bint Nass
1951
Farewell My Love
1951 · فكرية
Son of the Nile
1951 · زبيده
Ethics for Sale
1950
Baba Amin
1950 · Huda
Zalamoni El Nas
1950 · Nemat
I Am the Past
1950 · Samia Farid
Bayoumi Afandi
1949 · zenat
Every house has a man
1949 · فاتن أنيس كامل
The Lady of the House
1949 · إلهام حامد عبد العزيز
Chair of Confession
1949
Towards glory
1948
The Two Orphans
1948 · نعمت
الحلقة المفقودة
1948
Khulud
1948 · Laila (mother) / Amal (daughter)
Confused life
1948 · عليه - إبنة خالة ناديه
Punishment
1948 · ابتسام بنت محسن
The Little Millionaire
1948
She was an angel
1947
Abu Zeid el Hilali
1947
The red mask
1947
Light from the sky
1947
الهانم
1947
The white angel
1946
Malak alrahma
1946 · Thurya - ثريا
Dunia
1946 · Nadia Fathy Bey
Angels in Hell
1946
The beginning of the month
1945
A Bullet in the Heart
1944 · نجوى
Happy Day
1940 · أنيسة - طفلة
