Today, May 27 marks the 90th anniversary of the late actress Faten Hamama’s birthday.
Hamama was born on 27th May 1931 in Cairo to an Egyptian Conservative Muslim middle-class family in Mansoura, Egypt.
The legendary actress Hamama was one of the top leading ladies of her time.
The so-called " Lady of the Arab Screen "is the most renowned name in the history of Egyptian cinema. She was born in the town of Senbellawein, belonging to the city of Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, in the Nile Delta.
In 1936, she won the “Children's beauty pageant in Egypt” title for the first time.
Later that year, her father took her to the theater to see an Assia Dagher film; when the audience clapped for Assia, she told her father she felt they were clapping for her.
According to the Elcinema website, her parents sent her picture to the director Mohammed Karim who was looking for a young female child to play the role of a small girl with the well-known actor and musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab in his new film. After an audition, Abdel Wahab decided she was the one he was looking for.
Later on, Hamama acted as a child artist in the film ‘Happy Day’ at just seven years old. After this film, Hamam’s work was appreciated by many directors. At the age of only sixteen, in "The Two Orphan" film, she was introduced as a heroine. It was the year 1949.
Although it became popular with the maven director Mohammed Karim’s earlier films and was also recognized by audiences, it was only in 1955 that she reached the first heights of her career Arrived.
The veteran actress is known for starring in shows such as (Road of Hope), (Land of Peace), (Sleepless),(The Barred Road), (The Virgin Wife), (Lady of the Castle), (Among the Ruins), (The Nightingale's Prayer), (River of Love) and(I Will Not Confess).
Hamam married three times; the first was the Egyptian renowned director Eizz EL Dein Zulfakar, the father of her daughter, Nadia. The second was the popular actor Omar Elsherif and they gave birth to her son Tarik, they got porced in 1974. Her last marriage was Mohamed Abdel Wahab who was her personal doctor.
Lady of the Arab Screen was honored by many political and social leaders including, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Lebanese Prime Minister Prince Khaled Chehab, Gamal Abd-El-Naser, Anwar Sadat, and Lebanese President Émile Lahoud.
Moreover, the remarkable actress is a receptionist of numerous awards, including two Best Actress awards at Tehran International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival’s Prix International for her role in Your Day Will Come (1951), and a Special Award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Empire M.
The gorgeous star died on the 17th of May, 2015at the age of 83, and left millions of fans mourning after a lustrous career spanning over four decades in the Egyptian film industry.
With her death, Arab and Egyptian cinema lost one of its biggest and most talented actresses. Her fans still remember her today.
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