Today, April 27 marks the birthday anniversary of the late renowned Egyptian actress Sanaa Gamil — best known for playing Hafiza in the Second wife movie.
Born as Thoraya Atallah in Al-Minya governorate on 27 April 1930, she graduated from the Art Institute in Cairo, where he met her monitor the well-known director Zaki Talimat, they became best friends since then.
According to the cinema website, Gamil asked Talimat for help after her family had thrown her out of their home on a cold night because of her love for the showbiz and cinema world.
Throughout her long-standing career, Gamil featured in dozens of great Arab films, such as (My Father Deceived Me -1951) directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, (A Window Overlooking Paradise -1953) by Ahmed Diaa-Eldin, (April’s Fool -1954) by Mohamed Abdel-Gawad, and (Shame on You -1953) directed by Essa Karama, starring Ismail Yassin.
Her breakthrough came with “The Beginning and end” as Nefisa. However, it was her pairing with Soaad Hossni in 1967 in the second wife that established her into stardom in Egyptian cinema as a strong woman.
In 1988 her career peaked with Gamil Rateb, a powerful social drama where she played an illiterate woman, who was very rich and act as a woman of indomitable substance.
She later starred in several teleplays and continued his successful journey as a versatile television star with her tremendous performances in 'Saken Asuady' alongside Khairaya Ahmed, Omar el-Hariri, and Mohamed Reda.
"In fact, she was extremely careful about her projects," her husband the renowned Egyptian journalist Luis Grees said.
The late actress, who is cited as one of the most loved celebrities in Egypt’s showbiz died of lung cancer 16 years ago on 22 December. Over the course of her career as an actress, Gamil touched more lives than he will ever know. Even in her death, she will continue to leave an impact on people all over the Arab world.
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