Anwar Wagdi or Wagdy ( ar, أنور وجدي, ; 11 October 1904 – 14 May 1955), born Anwar Wagdi Yehia El Fattal, was an

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and producer.

Life

Anwar was born in the

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district of El Daher,

. His father was of

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n descent. Anwar's

mother, Muhiba El-Rikaby, was from

. Anwar Wagdy was married to

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ian actresses Elham Hussein,

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(three times), and

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. He died at 50 in

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while seeking treatment for

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Career

Anwar Wagdy began his acting career as an extra in 1922 in the

Youssef Wahbi Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb ( ar, يوسف عبد الله هديب وهبي قطب) (14 July 1902 – 17 October 1982) was an Egyptian stage and film actor and director, a leading star of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent E ...

Theatre Company's production of Julius Caesar. He quickly leaped to stardom and played leading roles in and/or directed 92

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between the 1932 and 1955. He achieved particular success partnering with his wife,

ian legend

. Youssef Wahbi directed his first film: "Defense" in 1934 and called "Anwar Wagdy" to take part in this film with him. After the failure of a film caused some financial problems for Youssef Wahbi and producer, which resulted in Anwar to join the National Force Theater, which was founded in 1935. Anwar Wagdi found that cinema is more suited to his talent and more in tune with its aspirations because of its popularity and its ability to reach a wider audience. Throughout that period, he made "Wings of the Desert", in 1939.Released on 1 October 1939
Anwar Wagdy became a star, as directors of the exploitation of its looks handsome and soft features in the provision of the roles of the rich aristocrat indifferent to any symbol of evil. And grandfather established his production company "films Nations", and produced, directed and acted in a number of films together with his wife Laila Murad, whom he married while filming the first: "The following are the poor girl."

Filmography

;Actor *Agnihat el sahara (1939) * Al-Azeema (1939) *El warsha (1941) *Intissar el chabab (1941) *Leila fil zalam (1944) *Kedb fi kedb (1944) *Gharam wa intiqam (1944) *Tahia el rajala (1945) *Ragaa (1945) *Madinat el ghajar (1945) *Lailat el jumaa (1945) *Lailat el haz (1945) *Kubla fi Lubnan (1945) *Kataltu waladi (1945) *El-qalb louh wahid (1945) *El hayat kefah (1945) *Bayn narayn (1945) *Aheb el baladi (1945) *Sirr abi (1946) *Leila bint el fukara (1946) *El zalla el kabira (1946) *Aroussa lel ajar (1946) *Ard el Nil (1946) *Ana wa ibn ammi (1946) *Leila bint el agnia (1947) *Kalbi dalili (1947) *Fatmah (1947) *Talak Suad hanem (1948) *El hawae wa el chabab (1948) * Ghazal Al Banat (1949) *Shebbak habibi (1951) *El sabaa effendi (1951) *Amir el antikam (1951) *Raya wa Sekina (1953) *Dahab (1953) *Kuloub el naas (1954) *Khatafa mirati (1954) *

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(1954) *Arbah banat wa zabit (1954) ;Director *Leila bint el fukara (1946) *Leila bint el aghnia (1947) *Kalbi dalili (1947) *Talak Soiad hanem (1948) * Ghazal Al Banat (1949) *Yasmine (1951) *Lailet el henna (1951) *Katr el nada (1952) *Habib el ruh (1952) *Dahab (1953) *Bint el akaber (1953) *Arbaa' banat we zabit (1954) ;Writer * Ghazal Al Banat (1949)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wagdy, Anwar 1904 births 1955 deaths Egyptian screenwriters Egyptian people of Syrian descent Male actors from Cairo 20th-century Egyptian male actors Deaths from kidney disease Egyptian male film actors Egyptian film directors 20th-century screenwriters