Acting
Olwiya Gamil
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
A wife from Paris
Film · 1964
The Black Cat
Series · 1964
Prisoner of the Night
Film · 1963
The Cursed Palace
Film · 1962
The Student
Film · 1961
No Understanding
Film · 1961
In Your Hands
Film · 1960
Abu Ahmad
Film · 1960
Maa Al Ayam
Film · 1958
Chabab El Yom
Film · 1958
The Suspect
Film · 1957
The End of Love
Film · 1957
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Film · 1957
Leila Raheeba
Film · 1957
The Road of Hope
Film · 1957
Miracle from heaven
Film · 1956
Nahnu Bashar
Film · 1955
The Unknown Beloved
Film · 1955
God Is on Our Side
Film · 1955
الغائبة
Film · 1955
دلوني يا ناس
Film · 1954
El naas makamat
Film · 1954
Women Without Men
Film · 1953
Qadam Al Kheir
Film · 1952
killer mother
Film · 1952
Al-Sharaff Ghali
Film · 1951
Zohrah
Film · 1947
Treachery and torment
Film · 1947
The Mind is on a Vacation
Film · 1947
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Film · 1946
The white angel
Film · 1946
Casino el latafa
Film · 1945
El Mazaher
Film · 1945
The First Love
Film · 1945
Berlanty
Film · 1944
Executioner's sword
Film · 1944
Wahida
Film · 1944
Ibn Al-Haddad
Film · 1944
Children of the poor
Film · 1942
The Victory of Youth
Film · 1941
Happy Day
Film · 1940
The Rebel Line
Film · 1932
Zeinab
Film · 1930
Nahed
Film