Samia Gamal
Acting • Born 1924-05-27 – Died 1994-12-01
Biography
Samia Gamal was born on May 27, 1924 in Bani Swaif, Egypt as Zeinab Ali Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz. Her career began with "Badia Masabni" band where she was involved in dancing in groups, and in 1943 began working in the field of cinema where she formed a successful dual team with the artist "Farid al-Atrash" in several movies and did the most famous dances with him. Her dance was characterized by combining Eastern dancing and Western dances, as Samia Gamal focused in her dance on providing a state of fascination for the spectators through clothing, music, and lighting, She is known for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954), Little Miss Devil (1949) and Sigarah wa kas (1955). She was married to Rushdy Abaz and died on December 1, 1994 in Cairo, Egypt.
Filmography
59 credits
Come and Greet
Movie • 1951
Sokkara
Who's Done it ?
Movie • 1944
Dancer
Set Elhosn
Movie • 1950
كوكب
Every Beat of My Heart
Movie • 1959
سهير
Casino el latafa
Movie • 1945
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie • 1954
Morgiane
صاحبة العمارة
Movie • 1948
فاحة عبدالرحمن أبو لحاف
Valley of the Kings
Movie • 1954
Dancer
Lady Pickpocket
Movie • 1953
Reisha/Balabel
Desert Warrior
Movie • 1957
khad aljamil
Movie • 1951
A Glass and a Cigarette
Movie • 1955
Dancer / Hoda Gamal
Like A Matchstick
Movie • 2016
Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady
Movie • 1949
Kahramana / Semsema
The Beast
Movie • 1954
الراقصة نعسانة
Awal Ghram
Movie • 1956
man fat qadimah
Movie • 1943
my daughter
Movie • 1944
Gharam El Millionaire
Movie • 1957
Salwa
Wa Ead Al Hob
Movie • 1960
Tell No One
Movie • 1952
Welaa
Night Train
Movie • 1953
The Second Man
Movie • 1959
The Hawk
Movie • 1950
The Next-Door Girl
Movie • 1964
Dancer Hassaniya
Rendezvous with a Stranger
Movie • 1959
Nana
The Last Lie
Movie • 1950
Samira
The Love of My Life
Movie • 1947
توتة
I Love You Only
Movie • 1949
Nadia
A Bullet in the Heart
Movie • 1944
صديقة طماطم
Prince of Revenge
Movie • 1950
زمردة
The Legends of Belly Dance 1947-1976
Movie • 2004
herself
Lady Sukkar
Movie • 1960
Laila
They're Driving Me Crazy
Movie • 1960
أنغام
Alley of The Pestle
Movie • 1963
Shukriya
Red Lipstick
Movie • 1946
قمر
Zero hour
Movie • 1972
ندى سامي
Chakawet rejala
Movie • 1966
شخصيتها الحقيقية - ضيفة شرف
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Movie • 1972
دلال
Le masque de Toutankhamon
Movie • 1956
البني آدم
Movie • 1945
The Victory of Youth
Movie • 1941
Agaza Fi Gohanam
Movie • 1949
سامية هانم
Habibi El Asmar
Movie • 1958
سمرة
Raqsat Al Wadah
Movie • 1954
Abu Al-layl
Movie • 1960
The Way Of The Devil
Movie • 1963
Samiah
Zanuba
Movie • 1956
Zanuba - زنوبة
Les Misérables
Movie • 1943
المغنية فى حفلة الطفولة المشردة
Love Is Forbidden
Movie • 1942
من أصدقاء عزيز
Sad Melody
Movie • 1960
Samia
انتقام الحبيب
Movie • 1951
On the stage of life
Movie • 1942
كومبارس
The secrets of the world
Movie • 1942
راقصة
The Victory of Youth
Movie • 1941
راقصة
مرحبا أيها الحب
Movie • 1962
بسيمة
الجنس اللطيف
Movie • 1945
The Hunchback
Movie • 1946
The First Love
Movie • 1945