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Remembering Soad Hosny On Her Death Anniv.


Tue 21 Jun 2022 | 04:08 PM
Ahmed Emam

There have been numerous actresses who have delivered many successful films at Egypt’s box office, however, very few have had an everlasting impact on generations. Soad Hosny is one such superstar who obtained tremendous success in the late 1960s, when she collaborated with renowned director Helmy Barakat in several Black and white films.

Born on 26 January 1942, the late actress made her screen debut in Hassan and Naima, starring Moharam Fouad.

Thereafter, she was once noticed by the director Salah Abu-Seif for her charm and innocence; she was selected to play the leading role in The Second Wife (1967), alongside Sana Gmail.

In the 1960s, Hosni created a model of seduction on her own way as an adolescent in Rumour of Love (1960), a familiar sister in The Girls and the Summer (1960), both directed by Fateen Abdel-Wahab, an ordinary wife in Money and Women (1960), directed by Hassan Al-Imam.

Throughout her long-standing career, she featured in many romantic movies, such as Beautiful and Naughty, The Lost Love (1970) adapted from a novel by Taha Hussein and directed by Barakat, Sunset Sunrise (1970) adapted from a novel by Gamal Hammad and directed by Kamal El-Sheikh, and The Choice (1971) adapted from a story by Naguib Mahfouz and directed by Youssef Chahine.

The remarkable actress also gained more recognition for her artistic maturity in such films as The Three Naughty Boys (1962), directed by Hossam Eddine Mostafa, nor wholly guilty in The Well of Deprivation (1969), by Kamal El-Sheikh, while treading a line in-between in The Olive Branch (1962), directed by El-Sayed Bedeir.

Despite the fact that she was the most suitable to ride the tide of family drama, she acted only in one TV series,  (Howa We Hya), starring late Ahmed Zaki.

In the 1900s, she decided to end her showbiz career as she traveled abroad to receive treatment for an undisclosed illness.

Unfortunately, Egypt's showbiz lost the so-called Cinderella in mysterious circumstances on 21 June 2001, after reportedly falling from her London flat balcony.