Today marks the 11th death anniversary of beautiful Arabian actress Hend Rustom, who was one of the most quickly celebrated and well-paid stars of her time.
The late Egyptian actress was born on 12 November to a wealthy family of Turkish origin.
Rustom was truly a one-of-a-kind actress of her times, especially in Egyptian cinema. With hundreds of films under her belt in the 20 years of her acting career itself, Rustom was winning over countless hearts with her performances and cute looks.
In the 1950s, the maven director, Hassan Al-Imam was looking for a talented young woman girl with aristocratic features to play the leading role in "Flowers and Thorns."
Al-Imam was attracted to Rustom’s Turkish countenance and handsomeness, which met the age’s standards.
In addition to this, her looks were really suitable for the poor and helpless girl roles in melodramas that dominated the cinema before the July 1952 Revolution.
The renowned director viewed her as the suitable leading lady for tragedies and melodrama.
On this basis, he chose Rustom to play the leading role in “Prostitutes," “The Body,” and “A Wife’s Confessions,” transforming her from a supporting actress to a lead lady.
Her success was so overwhelming that in 1957 and 1958 she played the leading lady in seventeen films, bringing her total of eighty-six over the course of her career, according to Egyptian Media.
Despite the fact that she actually belonged to an aristocratic family, she fit perfectly in every environment and milieu, whether she was a low-class young woman as in “Cairo Station,” directed by Youssef Chahine, and “Ismail Yassin in the Madhouse” by Isa Karama (both in 1958), or as a country girl in “Conflict in the Nile” (1959) by Atef Salem, or a young aristocrat as in “I Can’t Sleep” (1957) by Salah Abu-Seif and “A Husband's Confessions” (1964) by Fateen Abdel-Wahab.
She is well known for her seminal works, such as “Cairo Station,” directed by Youssef Chahine, and “Ismail Yassin in the Madhouse” by Isa Karama (both in 1958), or as a country girl in “Conflict in the Nile” (1959) by Atef Salem, or a young aristocrat as in “I Can’t Sleep” (1957) by Salah Abu-Seif and “A Husband's Confessions” (1964) by Fateen Abdel-Wahab.
The beautiful actress passed away on August 8, 2011, and is survived by her husband Dr.Mohamed Faiad, and her only daughter Bassant. Even today, Rustom is considered to be one of the finest actresses to have worked in the Egyptian film industry.
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