Sanaa Gamil
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-04-27
Place of Birth
Egypt
Sanaa Gamil
Biography
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil. One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie. Not only a movie actress, but more importantly one of the best Egyptian theater actresses. She has also played a number of roles on the French Stage for La Comedie Francaise. She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist Louis Greiss and had no children. She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb
Also Known For
Dawn of a New Day
Feb 10, 1964
The Great Clown
Apr 21, 1952
Mr. K
Feb 07, 1994
أحلام الربيع
Mar 04, 1955
Good News
Apr 07, 1952
The Cursed
Jan 01, 1979
The Second Wife
Oct 14, 1967
The Impossible
Jan 02, 1966
The Lady on the Train
Aug 28, 1952
killer mother
Jan 01, 1952
The Sky Devils
Apr 02, 1956
The Basement
May 28, 1987
Iidini eaqlak
Dec 22, 1952
Adam and Eve
May 07, 1951
Marret El-ayam
Jan 14, 1954
The Lady from Cairo
Jan 02, 1992
April Fool
Aug 08, 1954
Fi Sharaa Meen
Mar 12, 1953
شريك حياتى
Mar 23, 1953
Zeinab
May 01, 1952
Your Wisdom, God!
Dec 13, 1976
The Beginning and the End
Oct 31, 1960
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Nov 24, 1998
The Lady's Driver
Dec 12, 1993
Have Mercy
Oct 29, 1953
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
Nov 03, 1986
I'll Never Cry
Feb 25, 1957
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Jan 31, 1957
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Aug 14, 1972
Money slaves
Apr 19, 1953
The Unknown
Jun 23, 1984
Doubt, My Love
Jan 01, 1979
Ana Wi Habibi
Mar 30, 1953
Tawheeda
Nov 29, 1976
Ya Zalemni
May 31, 1954
Back Streets
Aug 19, 1974
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
Jun 09, 1953
زهرة الصبار
Jan 01, 1967
No Tears
Dec 23, 1961
Nahed
Heart of Gold
Feb 02, 1959
Ahlan Ya Captin
Jul 31, 1978
Kedt Ahdem Baity
Jan 11, 1954
زوجات وأزواج
Jan 01, 1969
Isalu kalbi
May 01, 1952
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
Nov 01, 1953
Maa Al Ayam
Mar 10, 1958
Al-Kharteet
Feb 09, 1987
A solution that pleases all
Jan 01, 1986
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
Oct 08, 1956
الحب وسنينه
Aug 08, 1989
قلوب فقدت الحب
Jan 07, 1977
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
Jan 29, 1979
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
Mar 24, 1996
An Escape Night
Apr 06, 1989
اللعبة المجنونة
Jan 01, 1991
The White Flag
Apr 18, 1988
Saken Osady
Jan 31, 1995
Eyes
Jul 13, 1980
أزواج لكن غرباء
May 09, 1986
الجاهزين قوي
Jan 01, 1968
