Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in

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and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a

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dropout, she was discovered by director Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess and made her debut in 1958.Nahied Sherif
at ElCinema In 1961, she married El-Mohandess and he directed two films offering her starring roles opposite leading actor

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in the

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, '' A Storm of Love'' (عاصفة من الحب), '' Me and my Daughters'' (أنا وبناتي), earning commercial success for both films''.'' Her marriage with El-Mohandess lasted for a brief period and she later married fellow actor

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. While married to El-Shennawy, she was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the third time in ''

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'' (برج العذراء) and for the fourth time in the

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'' (القتلة), both films were box-office hits''.'' After divorce with El-Shennawi, Sherif moved to

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and made her Lebanese film debut with 1973

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'' () directed by Sami A. Khouri who reached fame with ''

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''. She later starred in a number of other Lebanese films and married

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Edward Gergian. She was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the fifth and last time in the commercial hit; ''Desire and Price'' (الرغبة والثمن). She was diagnosed with

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in late 1970s and died in 1981.

References

External links

Nahied Sherif
at ElCinema * Egyptian film actresses 1942 births 1981 deaths People from Alexandria 20th-century Egyptian actresses {{Egypt-actor-stub