Amina Mohamed (1908–1985) was an Egyptian dancer, actress and film director.
Life
Mohamed was from a poor rural background without links to the
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
art scene. She and her niece,
Amina Rizq, moved to Cairo with their mothers; the pair were locked in the house after their first theatrical performance. Amina succeeded in gaining fame as a dancer and actress.
Mohamed was director, producer, screenwriter, editor and star of ''Tita Wong'' (1937).
The film was shot in collaboration with a group of intellectual friends, including the director
Salah Abou Seif
Salah Abu Seif ( ar, صلاح أبو سيف, ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealist cinema in Egyptian cinema. Many of the 41 films he direct ...
and the painters
Salah Taher
Salah Taher (1911–2007) was an Egyptian painter.
He worked for some time as a drawing and art teacher in Al-Abaseyya High School in Alexandria. He went on to fame in the 1960s as he was appointed head of the Museum of Modern Arts. In 1962, he wa ...
and
Abdel Salam El Sherif.
Tita Wong, played by Mohamed, is the daughter of poor Chinese immigrants in Cairo, forced to dance in a night club. Accused of murdering her uncle, her lawyer tries to argue her innocence, with flashbacks illustrating her earlier life.
Films
As director
* ''Tita Wong'', 1937
As actress
* ''Dr. Farhat'', 1935
* ''The Sailor'' / ''El bahar'' (1935)
* ''Shadow of the Past'' / ''Shabah el madi'' (1935)
* ''The Night Watchman'' / ''Ghafir el darak'' (1936)
* ''The Doorkeeper'' / ''Bawwab el imarah'' (1936)
* ''One Hundred Thousand Guineas'' / ''Meet alf guinea'' (1936)
* ''Tita Wong'' (1937)
* ''Eternal Glory'' / ''El magid el khalid'' (1937)
* ''The Love of the Mad'' / ''El hub el morestani'' (1937)
*''The Ten Commandments''
[movie credits]
References
External links
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1908 births
1985 deaths
Egyptian actresses
Egyptian female dancers
Egyptian film directors
Egyptian women film directors