- Hind Rostom
Hend Rostom ( _ar. هند رستم) (born
November 12 1931 ) is an Egyptian actress.Life and career
Hend was born in
Alexandria onNovember 12 1931 . She started her career at the age of 16 with the film "Azhaar wa Ashwak" or "Flowers and Thorns". Her first true success was in 1955 when the famous directorHassan Al Imam offered her a role in "Banat el lail" or "Women of the Night". Her famous films include "Ibn Hamidu" in 1957,Youssef Chahine 's "Bab El Hadid" or "Cairo Station" withFarid Shawki in 1958,Salah Abu Seif 's "La Anam " or "Sleepless" withFaten Hamama ,Omar Sharif andRushdy Abaza in 1958, "Sira' fi al-Nil" ("Struggle in the Nile") with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza in 1959, and "Chafika el Koptia" or "Chafika the Copt Girl" in 1963. Hend is known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, and was known as the "Marilyn Monroe of the East". She decided to quit acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.Partial filmography
Films
*1947 "Azhar wa Ashwak" (أزهار وأشواك)
*Esha'a hob (Rumor of Love) 1960
*La Anam (I do not sleep) 1958
*Bab el hadid (1958)Marriages
* Hassan Reda, a
movie director and father of her only daughter "Basant".
* Dr.Mohammad Fayad, aphysician .References
* [http://www.al-jazirah.com.sa/magazine/11052004/memory10.htm An interview with Hend Rostom] . ar icon
External links
*.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
