Olwiya Gamil
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.
Filmography
A wife from Paris
as والدة سامية
A wife from Paris
as والدة سامية
Prisoner of the Night
Prisoner of the Night
The Cursed Palace
as Najiya
The Cursed Palace
as Najiya
No Understanding
as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
No Understanding
as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
The Student
as أم حسن
The Student
as أم حسن
In Your Hands
In Your Hands
Abu Ahmad
Abu Ahmad
Maa Al Ayam
Maa Al Ayam
Chabab El Yom
as Umm Fathia
Chabab El Yom
as Umm Fathia
Leila Raheeba
as أمينة
Leila Raheeba
as أمينة
The Road of Hope
as ام حسين
The Road of Hope
as ام حسين
The End of Love
The End of Love
Sageen Abu Za'abal
as Hasan's mom
Sageen Abu Za'abal
as Hasan's mom
The Suspect
as fekry's mother
The Suspect
as fekry's mother
Miracle from heaven
as ام سلوى
Miracle from heaven
as ام سلوى
الغائبة
الغائبة
The Unknown Beloved
as Laila's mother
The Unknown Beloved
as Laila's mother
Nahnu Bashar
Nahnu Bashar
God Is on Our Side
God Is on Our Side
دلوني يا ناس
as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
دلوني يا ناس
as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
El naas makamat
as Hamid's wife
El naas makamat
as Hamid's wife
Women Without Men
Women Without Men
Qadam Al Kheir
Qadam Al Kheir
killer mother
as نعمت
killer mother
as نعمت
Al-Sharaff Ghali
Al-Sharaff Ghali
The Mind is on a Vacation
The Mind is on a Vacation
Treachery and torment
Treachery and torment
Zohrah
Zohrah
The white angel
The white angel
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
as Munira Hanem
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
as Munira Hanem
Casino el latafa
Casino el latafa
The First Love
The First Love
El Mazaher
El Mazaher
Ibn Al-Haddad
as جلبهار هانم
Ibn Al-Haddad
as جلبهار هانم
Executioner's sword
Executioner's sword
Wahida
Wahida
Berlanty
as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
Berlanty
as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
Children of the poor
as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
Children of the poor
as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
The Victory of Youth
as ام محي
The Victory of Youth
as ام محي
Happy Day
Happy Day
Zeinab
Zeinab
Nahed
as Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother
Nahed
as Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother