Yehia Chahine
Acting • Born 1917-09-28 – Died 1994-03-18
Biography
Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
Filmography
88 credits
Life is Love
Movie • 1954
Adel
Ashiaa La Tushtra
Movie • 1970
Tofahet Adam
Movie • 1966
Youssef Bey
The Pasha's daughter
Movie • 1991
ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
A man and two women
Movie • 1966
Gharam El Sheyukh
Movie • 1946
Lovers Village
Movie • 1954
عبد الكريم
The Lights
Movie • 1972
مراد
The Land
Movie • 1970
Sheikh Hassouna
The People Inside
Movie • 1969
رفاعي
All That Love
Movie • 1988
ناصف الليثي
Farewell at dawn
Movie • 1956
Kahraman
Movie • 1958
If I Was Rich
Movie • 1942
كمال خطيب وهيبة
Isalu kalbi
Movie • 1952
Samra Sinai
Movie • 1959
Adel
Sleepless
Movie • 1957
Ahmed Lutfy
Lovers of the Night
Movie • 1957
The Silent Love
Movie • 1958
The black knight
Movie • 1954
Essam
El Mazaher
Movie • 1945
Mahmoud El Banhawy
رجل بلا قلب
Movie • 1960
جلال
Son of the Nile
Movie • 1951
الشيخ إبراهيم
Bit of Fear
Movie • 1969
الشيخ إبراهيم
الملاك الصغير
Movie • 1957
The Stranger
Movie • 1956
A Plot
Movie • 1953
مراد
Al-Ans station
Movie • 1942
Bint Al-Sheikh
Movie • 1943
Hababa
Movie • 1944
They Made Me a Criminal
Movie • 1954
الشيخ حسن
Marret El-ayam
Movie • 1954
Lady of The Train
Movie • 1952
Farid
For Love
Movie • 1955
almutahama
Movie • 1942
وكيل النيابة
Bloody Destinies
Movie • 1982
Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
Rawaat El Hob
Movie • 1968
محمود سالم
Elham
Movie • 1950
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
Movie • 1953
بلال بن رباح
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Movie • 1957
Ahmed Awad
El taisha
Movie • 1946
Solomon's Ring
Movie • 1947
Mahmoud
The Blow of Fate
Movie • 1947
Where Did My Life Go?
Movie • 1957
د. خالد
Between Two Mansions
Movie • 1964
السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
انتقام الحبيب
Movie • 1951
الضوء الأخضر
Movie • 1976
زيزيت
Movie • 1961
Zeinab
Movie • 1952
إبراهيم
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
Movie • 1992
Dananeir
Movie • 1940
زياد
Alexandria… Why?
Movie • 1979
British Ambassador
Al Sokkareya
Movie • 1973
Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
Mansion of Longing
Movie • 1966
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
Salamah
Movie • 1945
عبد الرحمن القس
A Bit of Torment
Movie • 1969
الرسّام أحمد خالد
The Little Doll
Movie • 1956
The Barrier
Movie • 1972
Salah صلاح
Son of Cleopatra
Movie • 1964
Safar
The Man I Love
Movie • 1962
الأخوة الأعداء
Movie • 1974
El-Armany الأرماني
Doubt, My Love
Movie • 1979
عبدالرحيم
The Teenagers
Movie • 1964
Shams شمس
I Am Love
Movie • 1954
The Female Boss
Movie • 1958
Abbas
This is Love
Movie • 1958
Hussein
Pity My Tears
Movie • 1954
Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
The Confession
Movie • 1965
Ibrahim
Dawn of Islam
Movie • 1971
Scandal monger
Movie • 1953
Ahmed
Dahaya el madania
Movie • 1946
Rawiyah
Movie • 1946
Officer Samir Magdy
Soultanat al-sahra
Movie • 1947
Hassan
Laila Al Amriya
Movie • 1948
Qais bin Al-Malouh
Kisma wa Nassib
Movie • 1950
Asem Shaker, Engineer
Three Thieves
Movie • 1966
judge
مخلب القط
Movie • 1961
حمدي
باسم الحب
Movie • 1965
عبد الغفار
The sad countryside
Movie • 1948
Storms
Movie • 1946
فتنة
Movie • 1948
She was an angel
Movie • 1947
Some Live Twice
Movie • 1971
Ahmed
The Landlord
Movie • 1988
Boys and Girls
Movie • 1965
Queen of the Night
Movie • 1971
أحمد عزت
The Days
TV • 1979
شارع المواردي
TV • 1990
محمد المواردي