Alexandra Nicholas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (; 24 December 1924 - 9 July 1998), was a
Lebanese singer and actress, mostly known for her notable roles 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 ...
.
She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films.
Biography
She was born on 24 December 1924 in Turkey.
In 1943, she worked in her first film ''
Gawhara'', along with director-actor
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 ...
. Following the success of Gawhara, Hoda went on to work with Wahbi in the 1944 film ''
Berlanti''.
Filmography
* ''
Gawhara'' (1943)
* ''Al-sharaf ghali'' (1943)
* ''
Berlanti'' (1944)
* ''Amirat al ahlam'' (1945)
* ''Al-anissa Busa'' (1945)
* ''Majd wa demoue'' (1946)
* ''Lastu malakan'' (1947)
References
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Lebanese film actresses
20th-century Lebanese women singers
1924 births
1998 deaths