Today, Feb. 20, marks the 20th death anniversary of iconic actor Youssef Fakhr Eddine. He was one of the top Egyptian actors and was not just successful in the entertainment industry, but also in tourism as well.
Fakhr Eddine was reportedly spotted by veteran actor-filmmaker Mahmoud Zulficar, who helped him make his acting debut as a young man in the 1957 film 'Ana W Qalby".
From then on, the late actor played several romantic roles in movies.
Born in Fayoum, he was the young son of a Muslim Egyptian father and a Christian mother from Hungary.
The handsome actor is also the brother of actress Mariam Fakhr-Eddine, who passed away in 2014.
His career included over 16 movies, among the most important being The Last Message, The Newspaper Seller, 'Losos Lakn Zorafaa', First Love, and That’s What Love Is.
His beloved wife Egypt's actress Nadia Saif El-Nasr was killed in a car accident in 1974 which caused him a case of severe depression, and as a result he left acting and moved to live in Greece until the end of his life.
Fakhr Eddine passed away on 27, December 2002 after a struggle with illness, leaving despite his few works, a deep mark in the cinema and theater that remained in the people’s memory.
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