Shadia
Actor · 1929 – 2017 · Cairo, Egypt
Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker, better known by her stage name Shadia. was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the third wife of Salah Zulfikar. Shadia was one of the iconic actresses and singers in Egypt and the Middle East region and a symbol of the golden age of Egyptian cinema and is known for her many patriotic songs. Her movies and songs are popular in Egypt and the Arab World. Critics consider her the most successful comprehensive Egyptian and Arabic artist of all time. Her first appearance in a film was in "Azhar wa Ashwak" (Flowers and Thorns), and her last film was "La Tas'alni Man Ana" (Don't Ask Me Who I Am).[1] She is also known for her patriotic song "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love) and her breakthrough leading role in the Egyptian movie "Al Maraa Al Maghoula" (The Unknown Woman).[2] Six of her movies are listed in the top 100 Egyptian movies of the 20th century. In April 2015, she became the first actress to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Egyptian Academy of Arts. She was given the nickname "Idol of the Masses" following her successful movie "Maaboudat El Gamaheer" (Idol of the Masses).[citation needed] Other notable nicknames include "The Guitar of the Arabic Singing" and "The Golden Guitar".
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Movie7.0RomanceAmal marries the train driver Mahmoud, who treats her harshly. She feels neglected despite her husband's presence, Mahmoud travels to another city and asks his assistant Hassan to look after his wife. During his absence, Amal expresses admiration for Hassan's morals, which soon turns into a special love.
Movie7.4ComedyDramaRayya and Sekina, two poor sisters, kill their stepmother Ammuna and seize her gold, and to bury her body, Rayya marries Hasab Allah, and Sekina marries Abdel Aal, who works in the police station, so that he would dispel suspicions against them. Over time, they get used to bringing women to their homes, killing them, and stealing their gold.
Movie7.0DramaMusicWahid (Mohammad Fawzi) married a woman for one year in the hope of having a child. That she married the seventh wife in his life, and she believes that she is the first. When she learns that she is the seventh wife, she feels cheated, but she hesitates to secede, so that her marriage is not an obstacle to her younger sister Suad's marriage, His only love for her.
Movie7.5DramaZuhra has nothing to do but to runaway after her family forced her to marry an old rich man. She goes to Alexandria where she works in a motel and there she meets people with different ideologies and thoughts about life.
Movie9.0DramaRomancePoor young man Mahmoud Fathi electrician and loves music and composing, live in the same House orphan girl Delilah who loves him and trading love, in its composition towards renewal and which does not correspond to respond, he discovers that his girlfriend is sick with TB and to cure her needs a large amount so he agrees to sing Method does not satisfy him to provide, the girl decides to sacrifice herself, committing suicide to free him from this situation and to live his art. Captured by a wealthy Lady insists, intellectual Hanim resume career.
Movie6.5DramaRomanceAmal and her friend Fatima are happily in love with Ahmed and Dr. Mamdouh respectively. After it is discovered that Amal has a debilitating condition, her father attempts to keep it a secret.
Movie6.6ComedyDramaMurad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a beautiful woman in Alexandria, he wants her as wife number thirteen. He buys himself into the heart of the woman, until a well-meaning, former fiancée of her husband tells her just how many times he has been divorced. The new bride launches into a series of ploys that keep her away from the marriage bed.
Movie5.7ComedyDramaFatma had a crush on Dr. Hosny, a womanizer dentist she met, so she decided to convince him to hire her as his nurse. On the other side, Hosny is in the middle of a love story with Dalia, a Flower Shop owner who hates liars more than anything else.
Movie6.7CrimeDramaThis film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his prison term, Mahran is thirsty for revenge. But being chased by the police and by his new enemies destines him to a tragic life in hiding.
Movie8.5ComedyRomanceWahid young painter. He is on his way to participate in his new painting exhibition, shocked by a car and insisting on a drawing by Madiha Yousri, the woman fighting for women's rights and equal to the man instead of the old painting. And here talked a lot of comic paradoxes until the marriage between them.
Movie7.2RomanceComedyFarid is forced to marry his cousin, Yasmina, after their uncle leaves them a big inheritance, provided that the two get married. They decide to get married on paper and separate after receiving the inheritance, but during the honeymoon in Aswan,they fall in love with each other.
Movie7.8MusicRomanceNavy officer Wahid arrives in a military hospital, with a kidney failure, his days are numbered. The inmates try to cheer him up , while his nurse gets closer to him, and soon kindness turns to love.
Movie8.0AdventureDramaA young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.
Movie6.8ComedyDramaA married couple ends up working at the same company where the wife is a general director. This arouses the suspicion of their co-workers who do not know they are married.
Movie6.0DramaSamira and Huda are sincere best friends. Samira falls in love with Farid, who deceives her and impregnates her, he extorts and threatens to blackmail her after finding out that she is going to marry a rich young man, who is her friend, Huda, brother.
Movie7.0DramaMusicA simple girl is seduced by a wealthy young man who leaves her pregnant. She works as a singer but her son dies, then the young man regrets what he did and marries her after many conflicts with the owner of the nightclub where the girl works.
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceA man and a woman get married, but soon the husband suffers a lot of boredom and anger because of the constant lying in everything, which drives him to travel to work in Paris
Movie10.0FantasyDramaThe story of Hassan Al-Shahat and his son Shahtout who frequent the religious commemorating ceremonies to display their magic tricks. Hassan is shocked to learn of his wife's unfaithfulness, but he is in for an even more shocking surprise.
MovieDramaMusicDr. Rabab is the wife of businessman Abdul Rahim, their routine life is disturbed by the nosy Bahiga, Abdul Rahim's sister, who interferes in everything. When Rabab becomes pregnant after several years of infertility,Bahiga drives her brother to doubt if he's the father.
Movie8.0RomanceDramaAhmed likes Fatima, and feelings of love grow between the two, imagining that they are from noble families. A love story develops, and Ahmed asks Fatima to marry him. After the wedding, they have a son named Samir. One day, Fatima goes to visit Suad at her home, but the police raid the place because it is suspicious. Fatima is arrested, and her life is turned upside down.
Movie7.1DramaRomanceFamous star Suheir falls in love with a rising actor called Ibrahim and they intend to get married. However, her producer who gets overly jealous hires a woman to ruin Suheir and Ibrahim's relationship by claiming she is Ibrahim's wife.