Amina Rizk ( ar, أمينة رزق; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic
Egyptian
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actress
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who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996. She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was young.
Life
Amina Rizk came from a poor rural area. She and her aunt,
Amina Mohamed
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, moved to Cairo with their mothers; the pair were locked in the house after their first theatrical performance. She was popular for her roles as the kind-hearted mother in plays and films, appearing in major pictures such as ''
Doa al karawan
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'' in 1959 in which she appeared alongside actors such as
Faten Hamama
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and
Ahmed Mazhar
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Omar Sharif
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,
Farid Shawqi
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and Sanaa Gamil. She also starred in many TV Series between the 1980s until her death before which she was filming a TV series for the holy month of Ramadan.