- Sanaa Gamil
Sanaa Gamil ( _ar. سناء جميل), born Thoraya Youssef Atallah (
April 27 1932 -December 22 2002 ), was an Egyptian actress.Born to a
Coptic Orthodox family inUpper Egypt , she moved toCairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil.One of her most notable roles was "Nefisah" in front of
Omar Sharif in the movie "Bidaya wa nihaya " ("A Beginning and an End") directed bySalah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by theNobel Prize winnerNaguib Mahfouz . Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at theMoscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie. [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/618/cu1.htm Al Ahram weekely article on Sanaa Gamil] ]She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist
Louis Grace and had no children.She also acted in a number of TV series like "Oyoun" ("Eyes") with
Fuad Al Mohandes , and in a number of plays such as "The Visit" withGamil Rateb . [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/618/cu1.htm Al Ahram weekely article on Sanaa Gamil] ]Partial filmography
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Bidaya wa nihaya
*Elzouga Elthaneya ee also
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List of prominent Copts
*List of Egyptians
*Bidaya wa Nihaya (film) External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303943/ Sanaa Gamil on IMDB]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053652/ Bidaya wa nihaya on IMDB]References
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