Thuraya Helmy
Biography
Egyptian actress and singer, whose real name is (Zakia Ali Mahjoub), and Mustafa Al-Qashash, a journalist in Al-Sabah magazine, chose her artistic name by which she was known. She excelled in the art of monologue. She was born in an artistic family where her sister was a singer. She used to go to the theater and go up to the stage between the seasons and offer singing connections, and from here she started the art of monologue, and continued that from 1940 until 1966. During her artistic career, she presented more than 300 monologues of the most famous of them (Addini Your Mind, O Sidi Eib), in addition to Her participation in acting in many films, she even formed a cinematic duo with the comedian Ismail Yassin, and joined the band (Baba Ezz El-Din). Among her most prominent works is (Ismail Yassin interviews Rayya and Sakina, the male hunter). She passed away in 1994.
Known For
He and She Stories
The Hunger
Dalal Al-Masria
Meeting at the Tower
Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts
Elsetat Afaret
Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina
The Beggars' Strike
All Movies (53)
- 2 Against the law1992
- عفريت لكل مواطن1988
- The Barefoot Millionaire1987 · as Afkar
- The Hunger1986 · as خاله حليمه
- Uncle Qandil's Scissors1985
- The Widow and The Devil1984
- Foreign Talk1984
- Dalal Al-Masria1970 · as Dandash
- Dreams Inn1970
- My Wife's Dignity1967
- The Beggars' Strike1967
- Lokanda Alfardos1964
- Alley of The Pestle1963 · as Hosnia
- Meeting at the Tower1962
- Saedat El Rigal1960 · as راقصة
- Festival of love1958
- Farewell, Love1956 · as Thurya
- Kilo 991956
- Tar Bayet1955
- Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina1955 · as Nono
- Banat Al-Lail1955
- Baghdad's Barber1954
- The Bread Seller1953 · as friend of Nemat
- Love In The Darkness1953
- Your luck this week1953
- Halal Aleik1952
- El Zuhur El Fatina1952 · as Thurya
- Good News1952 · as Nousa نوسة
- Love Has No Cure1952 · as Shoala
- Believing in God1952
- Love Humiliates1952 · as Thuraya
- Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts1952 · as عزيزة
- Ana bint Nass1951
- Hokm Elqawi1951
- Tears of joy1950
- Owner of Few Piasters1949 · as سنية
- I Love You Only1949
- The Two Orphans1948 · as سنية
- Elsetat Afaret1948
- Casino el latafa1945
- Shahr aleasal1945
- Laylat Al-Jumea1945 · as ثريا بنت عبد الفتاح
- The Black Market1945 · as نعيمة
- Long live women!1944
- Hanan1944 · as فتاة الكباريه
- Earis Alhina1944
- Who's Done it ?1944 · as One of Younes's friends
- Call of blood1943
- The worker1943 · as منولوجست
- The Fifth Groom1942 · as سوسو - مغنية الكباريه
- If I Was Rich1942 · as مطربة الكبارية
- Wives factory1941
- The Life of Darkness1940 · as ميمي