Adly Kasseb عدلى كاسب (full name: Adly Abdel Hamid Kasseb) (April 21, 1918 – September 13, 1978) was an Egyptian
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
who acted in many movies and plays.
His talent was recognized since he was a child and has grown over the years. He graduated from the faculty of Applied Arts then worked as a teacher in the faculty of Engineering for 12 years. When the Institute of Dramatic Art opened he joined it and earned a Bachelor of Dramatic Art. He resigned his job in the faculty of Engineering and worked as an acting teacher in the Ministry of Education, he was promoted until he reached Undersecretary of the Ministry. He joined a lot of theater teams, starting with "The Modern Theater (national)" then "Youssef Wahby" then "Ismail Yasin " then "El Rayhany" then "Hassan Yousef" then "El Rayhany" again which he acted in for about 30 years. He was nicknamed "the actor of the 1000 faces" or "the cinema demon" for his ability to act any role personifying the different types of personalities, he acted many roles from comedy to evil.
He also acted in
Rodda Qalbi,
Gameela,
Mal Wa Nissa,
A’sefa Min El Hub,
El Hub Keda'',''
Thalath Losoos and
Al-Zawjah al-Azra'
''The Virgin Wife'' ( arz, الزوجة العذراء, translit. Al-Zawjah al-Azra) is a 1958 Egyptian crime/mystery film. Directed by El Sayed Bedeir, the film was written by Mustafa Samy and starred Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi and Ahmed ...
References
*https://www.facebook.com/AdlyKasseb
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110715230814/http://cinema.sakhr.com/cast/pmovies.aspx?PID=1804
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440839/
Egypt online cinema websites
*https://web.archive.org/web/20190330051945/http://egycinemas.com/ – The Ultimate Egyptian Cinema Guide For Movies and Theaters online
Egyptian male film actors
1918 births
1978 deaths
Egyptian male television actors
20th-century Egyptian male actors
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