Ahmed Ramzy

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name = Ahmed Ramzy


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birthdate = 1930 [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/487/profile.htm]
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Ahmed Ramzy ( _ar. أحمد رمزي) is an Egyptian actor who played the leading roles in many Egyptian films in the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s.

Early life

Ramzy was born Ramzy Mahmoud Bayoumi on 1930 to an Egyptian orthopedist and university professor father. Ramzy graduated from Alexandria's Victoria College, after which he joined Medical school for 3 years, before transferring to the Faculty of Commerce, which he eventually dropped to pursue his career in acting.

Ramzy has one brother, Dr. Hassan Bayoumi, who followed in their father's footsteps and has his practice in London. Ramzy has two daughters and a son, he married a young woman named Farah Hossam Beshir

Career

Ahmed Ramzy was discovered by Helmy Halim in 1955, while playing snooker in a club. He was cast by Halim in his first role, as "Ramzy" in "Ayyamna al-Holwa (Our Best Days)", along with Faten Hamama, Abdel Halim Hafez, and his lifelong friend and schoolmate Omar Sharif.

Between 1954 and 1966 he took part in 250 Egyptian films married to magwa fouad [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/487/profile.htm Alahram weekley] ] in most of them he played the role of a charming young man [ [http://www.carnivalarabia.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5121 Carnival Arabia] ] .

elected filmography

*"Wajh al-Qamar (Face of the Moon)" (2001, television)
*"Hekaya wara kol bab (A Story Behind Every Door)" (1979)
*"Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl (Adrift on the Nile)" (1971)
*"El Ainab el murr (Sour Grapes)" (1965)
*"Il Figlio di Spartacus (The Son of Spartacus)" (1963)
*"El Naddara el sawdaa (The Dark Glasses)" (1963)
*"La Tutf'e al-Shams (The Sun Will Never Set)" (1962)
*"El Akh el kabir (The Big Brother)" (1959)
*"Seraa maal hayat (Struggle for Life)" (1958)
*"Tamr henna (Tamarind)" (1957)
*"Banat el yom (Girls of Today)" (1957) with Naima Akef , Fayza Ahmed and Rushdy Abaza
*"Hob wa Dumoo` (Love and Tears)" (1956)
*"Sira` Fi al-Mina (Dark Waters)" (1956)
*"Ayyamna al-Holwa (Our Best Days)" (1955)

References

* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/487/profile.htm Alahram weekley Article on Ahmed Ramzy]
* [http://www.yallacinema.com/English/Actors/actordet.asp?actid=55 Yalla Cinema biography]

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709154/ Ahmed Ramzy on IMDB]