Kamal Hosni (1929–2005;
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:كمال حسني) was the stage name for Kamall Eldin Mohammed, an Egyptian singer and actor. Growing up he thought that the theater was his calling. He decided to leave the industry after his only film (''Rabee El Hob'') in 1955.
Early life
Hosni graduated from the Faculty of Commerce and then worked for the
National Bank of Egypt.
He loved and sang the songs of
Mohamed Abdel Wahab
''Mohamed Abdel Wahab'' ( ar, محمد عبد الوهاب), also transliterated ''Mohamed Abd El-Wahhab'' (March 13, 1902 – May 4, 1991), was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He is best known for his Romantic a ...
,
Farid al-Atrash
Farid al-Atrash ( ar, فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1916 – December 26, 1974), also written Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor. Having immigrated to Egypt at the age of only nine ...
.
Film career
Film producer
Mary Queeny
Mary Queeny ( ar, ماري كويني; 1913–2003) was a Lebanese born Egyptian actress and film producer.
Biography
She was born Mary Boutros Younis in 1913 to a Lebanese Christian family in Lebanon. Her mother's cousin was Asaad Dagher, a wri ...
selected him for the main role in ''Rabee El Hob''. Kamal Husni was chosen as his stage name. In 1955, Hosni starred in the film with
Shadia
Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker ( ar, فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia ( ar, شادية, ''Shādiyya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in l ...
,
Shoukry Sarhan
Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (1925–1997, ar, محمد شُكري الحسيني سرحان, Muḥammad Shukrī al-Ḥusaynī Sirḥān), better known as Shoukry Sarhan ( ar, شُكري سرحان, Shukrī Sirḥān), was an Egyptian ...
and Hussain Riad. He sang "Ghali Alia", and with Shadia "Lao Salimtak Alby. Hosni then decided to retire from art. He immigrated to London to work for entrepreneurs. He returned to Egypt in the late nineties and recorded religious songs.
Personal life
He met his wife Busanya in a bank where they were both then working. They had three sons, Nader (after Mary Queeny's son). Ahmed and Mohammed. Their two youngest sons were named after Shadya's song 'Ahmed And Mohammed Shargaloony'..
Kamal Hosni died on 1 April 2005, in Cairo.
See also
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Lists of Egyptians
The following is a list of some of the notable Egyptians inside and outside of Egypt:
Actors Male actors
* Abdel Moneim Madbouly
* Adel Emam
* Ahmed Zaki
* Ahmed El Sakka
* Ahmed Ezz
* Ahmed Helmy
* Ahmed Mekky
* Ahmed Ramzy
* Ali Mans ...
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كمال حسني
References
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20th-century Egyptian male actors
Egyptian male film actors
20th-century Egyptian male singers
1929 births
2005 deaths