Olwiya Gamil

Biography

An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's troupe with Youssef Wahbi and remained in the troupe for many years, then joined the National Troupe. She worked in the plays Tosca, Divorce, The Count of Monte Cristo, Homeland, Rasputin, The Honorable Representative, and Polluted Blood. She was famous for her role as a strong-willed woman and a cruel mother-in-law in the films she worked in. She was married to the great artist Mahmoud Al-Meligy from 1939 until his death in 1983. Before that, she had married when she was thirteen years old and gave birth to her only daughter, Isis. She retired from acting in 1967 and passed away in 1994.

Known For

The Black Cat

Prisoner of the Night

killer mother

Abu Ahmad

Berlanty

Al-Sharaff Ghali

Miracle from heaven

Nahed

All Movies (42)

• A wife from Paris1964 · as والدة سامية
• Prisoner of the Night1963
• The Cursed Palace1962 · as Najiya
• No Understanding1961 · as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
• The Student1961 · as أم حسن
• In Your Hands1960
• Abu Ahmad1960
• Maa Al Ayam1958
• Chabab El Yom1958 · as Umm Fathia
• Leila Raheeba1957 · as أمينة
• Tarek Al Amal1957 · as ام حسين
• نهاية حب1957
• Sageen Abu Za'abal1957 · as Hasan's mom
• The Suspect1957 · as fekry's mother
• Miracle from heaven1956 · as ام سلوى
• الغائبة1955
• The Unknown Beloved1955 · as Laila's mother
• Nahnu Bashar1955
• God Is on Our Side1955
• دلوني يا ناس1954 · as الأم - رقية مصطفى حشمت
• El naas makamat1954 · as Hamid's wife
• Women Without Men1953
• Qadam Al Kheir1952
• killer mother1952 · as نعمت
• Al-Sharaff Ghali1951
• The Mind is on a Vacation1947
• Treachery and torment1947
• Zohrah1947
• The white angel1946
• Layla, Daughter of the Rich1946 · as Munira Hanem
• Casino el latafa1945
• The First Love1945
• El Mazaher1945
• Ibn Al-Haddad1944 · as جلبهار هانم
• Executioner's sword1944
• Wahida1944
• Berlanty1944 · as Munira Hanem Shafi'i - منيرة هانم شافعي
• Children of the poor1942 · as عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى
• The Victory of Youth1941 · as ام محي
• Happy Day1940
• Zeinab1930
• Nahed— · as Dawlat Hanem - Nahed's mother

All TV Shows (1)

• The Black Cat1964 · as Amina