Olwiya Gamil
Acting
1910-12-15 · Lebanon
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.
Filmography
A wife from Paris
1964 · Movie
The Black Cat
1964 · Series
Prisoner of the Night
1963 · Movie
The Cursed Palace
1962 · Movie
No Understanding
1961 · Movie
The Student
1961 · Movie
In Your Hands
1960 · Movie
Abu Ahmad
1960 · Movie
Maa Al Ayam
1958 · Movie
Chabab El Yom
1958 · Movie
Leila Raheeba
1957 · Movie
The Road of Hope
1957 · Movie
The End of Love
1957 · Movie
Sageen Abu Za'abal
1957 · Movie
The Suspect
1957 · Movie
Miracle from heaven
1956 · Movie
الغائبة
1955 · Movie
The Unknown Beloved
1955 · Movie
Nahnu Bashar
1955 · Movie
God Is on Our Side
1955 · Movie
دلوني يا ناس
1954 · Movie
El naas makamat
1954 · Movie
Women Without Men
1953 · Movie
Qadam Al Kheir
1952 · Movie
killer mother
1952 · Movie
Al-Sharaff Ghali
1951 · Movie
The Mind is on a Vacation
1947 · Movie
Treachery and torment
1947 · Movie
Zohrah
1947 · Movie
The white angel
1946 · Movie
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
1946 · Movie
Casino el latafa
1945 · Movie
The First Love
1945 · Movie
El Mazaher
1945 · Movie
Ibn Al-Haddad
1944 · Movie
Executioner's sword
1944 · Movie
Wahida
1944 · Movie
Berlanty
1944 · Movie
Children of the poor
1942 · Movie
The Victory of Youth
1941 · Movie
Happy Day
1940 · Movie
The Rebel Line
1932 · Movie
Zeinab
1930 · Movie
Nahed
Movie