Yehia Chahine
Acting
Born 1917-09-28
Died 1994-03-18
Giza, Egypt
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Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film.
He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.
Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love).
Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
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Acting
43 credits
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The Lights
Son of Cleopatra
Alexandria… Why?
Queen of the Night
Oh The wonders of time
The Land
Between Two Palaces
Lady of The Train
Sleepless
The People Inside
Mansion of Longing
The Female Boss
Bit of Fear
Son of the Nile
Laila Al Amriya
Dananeir
Samra Sinai
A Bit of Torment
All That Love
Bloody Destinies
The Teenagers
Kisma wa Nassib
Some Live Twice
Where Did My Life Go
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Doubt, My Love
رجل بلا قلب
The Accused
Life is Love
They Made Me a Criminal
Zeinab
El Mazaher
The black knight
Al Sokkareya
Lovers Village
A Plot
This is Love
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
الأخوة الأعداء
Soultanat al-sahra
The Pasha's daughter
Salamah
Other credits
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The Days
Dawn of Islam
Boys and Girls
The Stranger
Farewell at dawn
Bint Al-Sheikh
I Am Love
Gharam El Sheyukh
فتنة
A man and two women
Ashiaa La Tushtra
El taisha
For Love
Lovers of the Night
Hababa
Kahraman
Writing
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