Olwiya Gamil
Acting
1910-12-15 · Lebanon
An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's troupe with Youssef Wahbi and remained in the troupe for many years, then joined the National Troupe. She worked in the plays Tosca, Divorce, The Count of Monte Cristo, Homeland, Rasputin, The Honorable Representative, and Polluted Blood. She was famous for her role as a strong-willed woman and a cruel mother-in-law in the films she worked in. She was married to the great artist Mahmoud Al-Meligy from 1939 until his death in 1983. Before that, she had married when she was thirteen years old and gave birth to her only daughter, Isis. She retired from acting in 1967 and passed away in 1994.
Filmography(43)
movieA wife from Paris
as والدة سامية · 1964 · 6.5
tvThe Black Cat
as Amina · 1964 · 7.0
moviePrisoner of the Night
as · 1963 · 8.0
movieThe Cursed Palace
as Najiya · 1962 · 6.2
movieNo Understanding
as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم · 1961 · 7.5
movieThe Student
as أم حسن · 1961 · 8.0
movieIn Your Hands
as · 1960 · 4.5
movieAbu Ahmad
as · 1960 · 10.0
movieMaa Al Ayam
as · 1958 · 9.0
movieChabab El Yom
as Umm Fathia · 1958 · 7.0
movieLeila Raheeba
as أمينة · 1957 · 8.3
movieTarek Al Amal
as ام حسين · 1957 · 8.5
movieنهاية حب
as · 1957 · 0.0
movieSageen Abu Za'abal
as Hasan's mom · 1957 · 9.0
movieThe Suspect
as fekry's mother · 1957 · 10.0
movieMiracle from heaven
as ام سلوى · 1956 · 8.0
movieالغائبة
as · 1955 · 0.0
movieThe Unknown Beloved
as Laila's mother · 1955 · 6.0
movieNahnu Bashar
as · 1955 · 9.0
movieGod Is on Our Side
as · 1955 · 7.0
movieدلوني يا ناس
as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت · 1954 · 0.0
movieEl naas makamat
as Hamid's wife · 1954 · 7.0
movieWomen Without Men
as · 1953 · 8.0
movieQadam Al Kheir
as · 1952 · 6.3