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Mariem Fakhr El Dine is a Actor Egyptienne born on 8 january 1933 at Faiyum (Egypte)

Mariem Fakhr El Dine

Mariem Fakhr El Dine
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Birth name Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine
Nationality Egypte
Birth 8 january 1933 at Faiyum (Egypte)
Death 3 november 2014 (at 81 years) at Cairo (Egypte)

Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine (8 January 1933 – 3 November 2014) was an Egyptian film and television actress. She was nicknamed the "Beauty of the Screen" (Arabic: حسناء الشاشة‎). Before pursuing a career in acting, she won the title of Most Beautiful Face in a pageant organised by the French-language magazine Image. She was discovered by director Mahmoud Zulficar, her future husband. Mariam Fakhr Eddine's first film appearance was in the 1951 film A Night of Love and she went on to appear in the films The Murderous Suspicion (1953), Devil of the Sahara (1954), The Love Message (1954) and A Window on Paradise (1954).

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she initially found success in larger sentimental roles before transitioning into portraying matriarch late in her career. In 2007, Mariam Fakhr Eddine was cast as Mrs. Aida in the French-Canadian romantic drama film Whatever Lola Wants. She attended the Alexandria International Film Festival in 2009. Until her death in 2014, Fakhr Eddine appeared in more than 200 films. Her younger brother, Youssef Fakhr Eddine, was also a leading actor.

Biography

Mariem Fakhr El Dine est née en 1931 d'un père égyptien et d'une mère hongroise. Elle est la sœur de l'acteur Youssef Fakhr El Dine . Lorsqu'elle a quatorze ans, ses parents se séparent et sa mère part en Autriche.

En 1950, sa photo apparaît en couverture de la revue de langue française Image, et attire l'attention du milieu du cinéma.

En 1950 toujours, elle se marie une première fois avec l'acteur et producteur Mahmoud Zulfikar , plus âgé qu'elle (il est né en 1914.) Ils ont une fille, Imane. Ils se séparent après huit ans de vie commune. En 1961, elle épouse le docteur Abdel Hamid El Tawil, et se séparent quatre années plus tard. En 1965, elle épouse le chanteur syrien Fahd Ballan . Enfin, elle épouse Charif El Fadly. Ils restent ensemble vingt ans, puis se séparent.

Elle joue pour la première fois dans un film d'Ahmed Badrakhan, Une nuit d'amour, sorti en 1951. Elle y interprête le rôle d('une enfant pure et malchanceuse. Le film obtient un succès important. Elle interprète à la suite de ce film le rôle principal de plus d'une centaine de films et séries télévisées, notamment avec Ahmed Badrakhan, Henri Barakat, etc.. Un de ses derniers films est Whatever Lola Wants de Nabil Ayouch en 2007, où elle interprète un des rôles secondaires.

Elle meurt à 83 ans, en novembre 2014, dans un hôpital du Caire.

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Filmography of Mariem Fakhr El Dine (6 films)

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Actress

Whatever Lola wants, 1h55
Directed by Nabil Ayouch
Origin Maroc
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Dance films
Actors Achmed Akkabi, Assaâd Bouab, Laura Ramsey, Carmen Lebbos, Hend Sabri, Mariem Fakhr El Dine
Roles Mrs. Aida
Rating63% 3.196543.196543.196543.196543.19654
Lola (Laura Ramsey) is a female postal worker that dreams of becoming an oriental dancer. After a friend encourages her to perform at a local restaurant, Lola captures the attentions of the handsome Zack (Assaad Bouab). Lola follows after him, but is crushed to find that Zack is to marry someone of his family's choosing. Lola decides to turn all of her energy into making her dreams a reality and tracks down Ismahan (Carmen Lebbos), a reclusive dancing star that retired due to a scandal involving a mysterious lover. Although reluctant, Ismahan is persuaded into giving Lola lessons and a friendship blossoms as a result. In no time Lola becomes a professional level dancer and attracts the interest of Nasser Radi (Hichem Rostom), a famous impresario. He takes her under his wing and under his tutelage Lola gets to dance at the prestigious Nile Tower. During this time Lola discovers that Nasser was Ismahan's lover and that the two were kept apart because of social conventions but also because of their own pride. As Lola's career takes off, she manages to help reunite the two former lovers before returning to New York in order to take the art she loves to her fellow Americans.
The Sparrow, 1h45
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Salah Mansour, Mariem Fakhr El Dine, Sid Ali Kouiret
Roles Fatma
Rating68% 3.434063.434063.434063.434063.43406
June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich.
Al Aydi Al Naema, 1h15
Directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Sabah, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Mazhar, Mariem Fakhr El Dine
Roles Princess Jehan Shawkat Helmy
Rating70% 3.5299853.5299853.5299853.5299853.529985
Sleepless
Sleepless (1957)
, 2h7
Directed by Salah Abou Seif, Salah Abou-Sayf
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Faten Hamama, Yehia Chahine, Mariem Fakhr El Dine, Emad Hamdy, Hind Rostom, Rushdy Abaza
Roles Safia
Rating71% 3.5710053.5710053.5710053.5710053.571005
Faten Hamama plays Nadia Lutfi, a young woman who belongs to an aristocratic, upper-class family. After her parents divorce each other, her father wins custody of her. She lives with her father (Yehia Chahine) and over the years develops a very close and strong relationship with him to the extent of being sexually attracted towards him, an obsessive behavior known as Electra complex.