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person_profile-Yehia Chahine

Yehia Chahine Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Yehia Chahine

Date of Birth:

Jul 29, 1917

Country of birth:

Egypt

Died:

Mar 18, 1994

Biography of

Yehia Chahine

    Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film.

    He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.

    Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love).

    Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994

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Yehia Chahine

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Filmography of

Yehia Chahine

Found 62 Movies in total

... 1991

All That Love

ناصف الليثي ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1982

Alexandria… Why?

British Ambassador ( Actor )

... 1979

Doubt, My Love

Abdelrahman ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1974

... 1973

The Barrier

Salah ( Actor )

... 1972

The Lights

مراد ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1971

The Land

Hassuna ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1970

... 1969

The People Inside

رفاعي ( Actor )

... 1969

Bit of Fear

Al Shaikh Ibrahim ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1966

... 1966

... 1966

Three Thieves

judge ( Actor )

... 1966

The Confession

Ibrahim ( Actor )

... 1965

Son of Cleopatra

Safar ( Actor )

... 1964

The Teenagers

Shams ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964

... 1962

... 1959

The Female Boss

Abbas ( Actor )

... 1958

This is Love

Hussein ( Actor )

... 1958

Sleepless

Ahmed Lutfy ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

... 1957

... 1956

... 1956

Where Did My Life Go?

Doctor Khaled ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1955

... 1954

Pity My Tears

Mamdouh ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

... 1954

... 1954

... 1954

A Plot

Actor

... 1953

Scandal monger

Ahmed ( Actor )

... 1953

The Lady on the Train

Farid ( Actor )

... 1952

Zeinab

Actor

... 1952

... 1952

Son of the Nile

Hemaida's brother ( Actor )

... 1951

Kisma wa Nassib

Asem Shaker, Engineer ( Actor )

... 1950

Elham

Actor

... 1950

Laila Al Amriya

Qais bin Al-Malouh ( Actor )

... 1948

Soultanat al-sahra

Hassan ( Actor )

... 1947

Solomon's Ring

Mahmoud ( Actor )

... 1947

... 1946

Rawiyah

Officer Samir Magdy ( Actor )

... 1946

... 1946

Salamah

Actor

... 1945

... 1945

Hababa

Actor

... 1944

... 1943

If I Was Rich

Kamal Khatib Wahiba ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

... 1942

Dananeir

زياد ( Actor )

... 1940