Today, July. 16 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Youssef Shaaban. As we celebrate the birth anniversary of this iconic star; check out 10 fascinating facts about him.
Born in Cairo on July 16, 1931, Shaaban earned his degree from the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts, where he studied acting.
After his graduation, he joined the National Theatre in 1962, where he was first a narrator of several plays, before acting in dozens of dramatic, classical, and romantic plays on stage. From the National Theatre, Shaaban embarked on an illustrious film career.
His first advanced breakthrough in film came with There is a Man in Our House (1961), a classic film directed by Henry Barakat and starring the best-known actors at the time: Omar Sharif, Rushdy Abaza, Zahret El-Ola, Hussein Riad, Zubaida Tharwat, and Hassan Youssef.
After that, the remarkable actor became one of the Egyptian and Arab world’s top male stars for much of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s in the heydays of Egyptian cinema
Later on, he acted in numerous prominent films, starting and working with renowned Egyptian stars.
He was well-known for his seminal works, such as The Miracle (1962), Cairo (1963), Mother of the Bride (1963), For Men Only (1964), The Three Love Her (1965), My Wife, the Director General (1966), The Second Groom (1967), The Idol of the People (1967) starring Abdel-Halim Hafez and Shadia.
The veteran actor was the recipient of numerous awards and nominations for excellence throughout his successful career, including the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival Award and the National Theater Festival Award.
The late actor was married four times, in which he had one son and two daughters. Shaaban first married an actress, Leila Taher, for four years. Then he married Nadia Chirine, daughter of Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, with whom he had a daughter, Sinai.
Later, the renowned actor married another actress, Seham Fathi. In the 1980s, he married a Kuwaiti, Iman Shreaan, with whom he had another daughter, Zainab, and a son, Murad.
He died on the 28th of February, 2021, at the age of 89, and left millions of fans mourning after a lustrous career spanning over four decades in the Egyptian film industry.
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