Zahrat Al-Ola
Acting • Born 1934-06-10 – Died 2013-12-18
Biography
Zahra al-‘Oula Bakir was born in the district of Muharram Bey in Alexandia to a family originally from al-Mahala. Her talents for acting and imitation were apparent when she was in secondary school. Her father was a friend of Youssif Wahbi and so he presented her to him and she enrolled at the Acting Institute with the help of Zaki Tuleiman. Zahra acted in several plays including “Hourriyah men al-Mareekh”, “al-Bakheel” (“The Miser”), Mareed bi al-Wahm” (“Illusory Illness”), “Fattish ‘an al-Maraa” (“Look for the Woman”), “al-Ghabi wa Anna” (“The Idiot and Myself”) and “Sab’a Farkhat wa Deek” (“Seven Hens and a Rooster”). Thereafter she was assigned major cinema roles. Zahra enjoyed a romantic aura and she received a diploma from the Higher Institute for Cinema in 1954. Zahra was the first in her class and she continued her stage career on modern theater. Zahra married Salah Zu al-Faqqar and later director Hassan al-Saifi. Among the television series which she has acted in are “Waffiyat Nas Tayebeen”. Zahra was honored at the Feature Films Festival. While a youth, Zahra represented the model of the innocent and suppressed girl. She has not portrayed any evil characters as her appearance does not lend itself to such roles. Zahra also acted in “Radd Qalbi”, “Du’aa al-Karwan” and “Tareeq al-Amal”. Despite the fact that she has acted in some comedies her roles were generally not comedic.
Filmography
129 credits
Return My Heart
Movie • 1957
بهية
Victory of Love
Movie • 1954
The Secret of the Magic Hat
Movie • 1959
دعوة المظلوم
Movie • 1956
هدى
من أجل الحياة
Movie • 1977
روحيّة
Spring Fantasies
Movie • 1955
Alribat Almuqadas
Movie • 1960
Suaad
The Pasha's daughter
Movie • 1991
ElSayed Al-Munastarli's wife
طريق السعادة
Movie • 1953
أمينة
The Road of Lovers
Movie • 1978
Aleya
Zaman el-Gidan
Movie • 1991
Fatiha - Hanaa's mother
Confused Hearts
Movie • 1956
Hadi Badi
Movie • 1984
Khader's wife
Hadrat Al-Muhtaram
Movie • 1952
Had Al-Saif
Movie • 1986
Zahra
The Ship of Love and Torment
Movie • 1993
Umm Ilham
Assaad El Ayam
Movie • 1954
Souad - سعاد
Shaaytan Men Assal
Movie • 1985
Shelter Director
نداء الحب
Movie • 1956
ناديه عزت
Mu'akhar Sadaq
Movie • 1990
Eve at 12 o'clock
Movie • 1969
محاسن
All for Hanafy
Movie • 1964
Girl next door
Movie • 1954
Mid-night driver
Movie • 1958
Badriya, Hassan's fiancée
The Warm Nights
Movie • 1961
The Wedding Photo
Movie • 1952
صراع العشاق
Movie • 1981
عنايات - زوجة سليم
رجل بلا قلب
Movie • 1960
زهرة
ترويض الرجل
Movie • 1989
Days of Horror
Movie • 1988
Like A Matchstick
Movie • 2016
A Man in Our House
Movie • 1961
سامية زاهر
Aisha
Movie • 1953
Fifi
Believing in God
Movie • 1952
Huda
Down with Colonialism!
Movie • 1952
Man in women's prison
Movie • 1982
The River of Love
Movie • 1960
صفيه /زوجة ممدوح
Port Said
Movie • 1957
روايح
Sageen Abu Za'abal
Movie • 1957
Saniya
Fatuat aljabal
Movie • 1982
أنا الهارب
Movie • 1962
Nadia - Hamdi's wife
Soul lover
Movie • 1955
The Victims
Movie • 1975
مديرة الإصلاحية
Traces in the Sand
Movie • 1954
Laila
My Father Deceived Me
Movie • 1951
The Next-Door Girl
Movie • 1964
Ekhlas
Life's Wishes
Movie • 1955
Mona Jalal
I'm Not Lying, I'm Sugar Coating
Movie • 1981
Nadia
ليمون حلو
Movie • 1972
مارتا
صورة عائلية
Movie • 1982
ام ناهد
I Killed My Wife
Movie • 1956
Souad
أنا وبابا والقطة
Movie
الحب الأخير
Movie • 1959
سعاد
me and my daughters
Movie • 1961
ميرفت محمود عبدالفتاح
Prayer of the oppressed
Movie • 1977
الحجه زوجة مصطفى
شريك حياتى
Movie • 1953
ليلى
Al-Malak Al-Zalem
Movie • 1954
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
Movie • 1953
Hawaa2 el sa3a 12
Movie • 1968
محاسن
Husband for Rent
Movie • 1961
The Empty Pillow
Movie • 1957
Durraya
Appointment with Love
Movie • 1956
Zahrah
Our Best Days
Movie • 1955
سلوى
Ismail Yassine In the Navy
Movie • 1957
نادية
Omar's Journey
Movie • 1986
نعيمة - والدة عمر عبد الحكم
El Maganeen Fi Naeem
Movie • 1963
Layla
The King of Petrol
Movie • 1962
Salwa
Ismail Yassine in the Police
Movie • 1956
سنيه
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
Movie • 1959
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1957
نبيلة حسنى
Jamila, the Algerian
Movie • 1958
بوعزة
The Nightingale's Prayer
Movie • 1959
هنادي
The Bus Driver
Movie • 1982
Mervat's Mother
Al-Torgoman
Movie • 1961
Aziza
Bahbouh Efendi
Movie • 1954
مملكة النساء
Movie • 1955
قمر
Abul Eyoun Garia
Movie • 1958
Nawaim
Paying the Price
Movie • 1978
فاطمة
Bufakkar filli nassini
Movie • 1959
Ebn El-Hetta
Movie • 1968
The Place of Weeping Lovers
Movie • 1966
كريمة - ضيفة شرف
Tarek Al Amal
Movie • 1957
ليلى
طريق الأبطال
Movie • 1961
صفيه
Daa El-Omr Ya Walady
Movie • 1978
Past Love
Movie • 1973
Fawzia فوزية - شقيقة مها
I Am Love
Movie • 1954
Olfat
Laila Min Omri
Movie • 1954
نوال
Youm El Ahad El Damy
Movie • 1975
إنعام
Ahla Ayam Al Omr
Movie • 1978
Al Shaqiqan
Movie • 1965
Al-Liqaa' Al Akhir
Movie • 1953
Wives killing association
Movie • 1962
بهية
The Three Madmen
Movie • 1970
Suniya
Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
Movie • 1978
حفيظة هانم
Ashour The Lion's Heart
Movie • 1961
نادية
Love in August
Movie • 1966
سيدة بالطريق الصحراوي
Till We Meet
Movie • 1958
Nawal
Pity My Tears
Movie • 1954
Nawal Salem - نوال سالم
Al Sokkareya
Movie • 1973
Aisha Abdel Jawad
Ana mshun hiramia
Movie • 1983
سامية
The White Dress
Movie • 1975
El Murra El Maghoula
Movie • 1959
سعاد
غراميات عفيفي
Movie • 1970
عفاف البسيوني
The Headmaster Woman
Movie • 1968
الناظرة
Ard Ard
Movie • 1998
Umm Ramadan
Tuha
Movie • 1958
صفاء
Hekaya Laha El Agab
Movie • 1990
زينب - أم ليلى
اللقاء الثاني
Movie • 1967
والدة هدى
Ghaltet El Omr
Movie • 1953
Samia Sami
Nashal raghm anfuh
Movie • 1969
Gigi the secretary
Nas haysa wnas laysa
Movie • 1986
El-Ardhahalgi fi Qadhiyyat Nasb
Movie • 1987
Fatima's mother
Husbands in Trouble
Movie • 1992
El-Ukhwah el-Ghuraba
Movie • 1980
Aziza
Malaekat el-Shaware
Movie • 1985
Sharifa Mohammed Pasha Hajja
Satrak Ya Rab
Movie • 1986
Amina
The Stranger
Movie • 1956
ثلاث وريثات
Movie • 1960
فوقية
بعد الوداع
Movie • 1953
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Movie • 1961
مسرحية عيلتين في شقة
Movie • 1984
Love and other things
TV • 1986
Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey
TV • 1986
He and She Stories
TV • 1985
محمد رسول الله
TV • 1980
ضيف
أم العروسة
TV • 1976
Mat3ab Al Mahna
TV • 1970
The wife is first to know
TV • 1987
withou a sin
TV • 1980