Zubaida Tharwat

Zubaida Tharwat
Native name زبيدة ثروت
Born Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat
(1940-06-15) June 15, 1940[1]
Alexandria, Egypt
Occupation Actress
Years active 1956–1987

Zubaida Tharwat (Arabic: زبيدة ثروت‎‎ Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [zebeːda sargatkrkrkr]; born 15 June 1940)[1] is an Egyptian film, stage and television actress who was known with the most beautiful eyes within the Classic Egyptian Cinema'

Biography

Zubaida was born in Alexandria in 1940. Her father, Ahmed Tharwat, was a Navy officer. As a teenager she won a beauty contest in an Egyptian teen magazine which widely published her photograph and got her the attention of directors and producers. She studied at the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University. She made her brief first appearance in the 1956 film Dalila alongside stars of the day Shadia and Abdel Halim Hafez. She went on to work in many other films with other famous actors such as Rushdy Abaza, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Youssef Wahbi, Kamal el-Shennawi, Soad Hosny and Omar Sharif. She retired from acting in the late 1980s. During her career, she was given many nicknames such as The Pussycat of Arab Cinema, Magic Eyes and The Queen of Romance.

Personal life

Tharwat married five times and has four daughters with her second husband, Syrian producer Sobhy Farahat.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1956 Dalela
1956 Hekayt 3 Banat Shahira
1957 El-Malak el-Sagheir Doha
1957 Nessa' fi Hayati Sanaa'
1958 Bent 17 Safaa'
1959 A'ashat lelhob Zeinab
1959 Shams La Tagheeb Soha
1959 Ehtrsi mn el-Hob Laila
1960 Eni Atahem
1961 Yum mn omri Nadya
1961 Nesf Azraa' Zeinab
1961 Fi Baituna Ragol Nawaaal
1962 Salwa fi mahab el-reeh Salwa
1969 Zawga Ghayoora Gedan Fatma
1969 Kaifa ttakhalas mn zawgatak Fatma
1970 El-Hob El-Daea' Samya
1970 Ana we Zawgti we el-Sekrtera
1971 Hadest Sharaf
1973 Shams w Dabab
1973 Zaman Ya Hob Abeer
1973 El-Ragol Al-Akhar
1974 Al-Ahdan Al-Dafe'a Madiha
1975 Habebe Magnon Gdn
1975 El-Moznbon Mona
1975 La Shy' yohem
1976 El-Hob el-Haram Aydaa
1976 Lkaa' Honak Laila
1977 Zahret el-Banafseg Hayaat
1981 People on the Top Seham

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Shahrzad we 8 staat
1977 20 Farkha we deek
1987 Ana we Heya we mrati
1980 8 staat
1985 Aaa'ela Sa'eeda Gedaan
1987 Meen Ye'dar ala reem

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Wafaa' Belaa Nhaaya

References

  1. 1 2 "Snapshot of Arab cinema: Zubaida Tharwat" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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