Mervat Mostafa Amin ( ar, ميرفت مصطفى أمين; born November 24, 1948) is an
Egyptian
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actress.
Early life
She was born in
El Minya
MinyaAlso spelled '' el...'' or ''al...'' ''...Menia, ...Minia'' or ''...Menya'' ( ar, المنيا ; ) is the capital of the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located approximately south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile River ...
to Mohammed Mostafa Amin, a doctor from
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south.
In ancient ...
, and a
Scottish mother, the headmaster of Victoria College elementary school. She was raised in
Heliopolis and has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from
Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
History
Ain Shams University was fou ...
.
Career
Amin's film debut in
Egyptian cinema
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the Intern ...
was in ''Nfus Ha'irah'' (1968), followed by her role with famous leading actor
Salah Zulfikar
Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...
(1926-1993) in ''
Thalath Nesaa'' (1968) and her fame came when she took her first leading role in with famous singer and actor
Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana ( ar, عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( ar, عبد الحليم حافظ,) (June 21, 1929 – March 30, 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teach ...
(1929-1977) in his last film, ''
Abi foq al-Shagara
''Abi foq al-Shagara'' (My Father Up on the Tree), is a 1969 Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian drama musical romantic film directed by Hussein Kamal and produced by Abdel Halim Hafez for Sawt al-Fann. The film stars Abdel Halim Hafez and Nadia Lutfi in l ...
'' (1969).
[Ginsberg, Terri & Chris Lippar]
Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Einema
, p. 28 (2010)
From there she became one of the most successful Egyptian actresses in the 1970s and early 1980s during which she starred in many
Egyptian films
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the Intern ...
.
Personal life
Mervat Amin was married five times. She was briefly married to Egyptian guitarist
Omar Khorshid
Omar Khorshid ( ar, عمر خورشيد; April 9, 1945 – May 29, 1981) was an Egyptian guitarist, musician, composer, accompanist and actor. Born in Cairo, he was a well-known guitarist who accompanied many singers, including Farid Al Atrash, ...
, and, following a divorce, was married to the famous Egyptian actor
Hussein Fahmy
Hussein Fahmy ( ar, حسين فهمي; born 22 March 1940) is an Egyptian actor. He worked in the film and television industry for more than 50 years, specializing in film directing and appearing in over 100 film, television, and theatre productio ...
from 1974 to 1986, when the marriage ended in divorce. They had a daughter named Menna.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1948 births
Egyptian film actresses
Egyptian artists
Egyptian people of Scottish descent
Living people
Egyptian actresses
Egyptian Muslims