Yusuf Shaban

Youssef Shaaban Shemis ( ar, يوسف شعبان شميس; 16 July 1931 – 28 February 2021) was an Egyptian actor.

Career

Shaaban initially studied law at Ain Shams University, but he later went to study in the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1962. His most famous roles were in '' There is a Man in our House'' in 1961 with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza, ''The Miracle'' in 1962, '' Cairo'' in 1963 with George Sanders and Faten Hamama, '' Mother of the Bride'' in 1963 with Taheyya Kariokka, '' For Men Only'' in 1964 with Suad Husni and Nadia Lutfi, ''The Three Loves Her'' in 1965, '' My Wife, the Director General'' in 1966 with Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. ''The Second Groom'' in 1967, ''The Idol of People'' in 1967 with Abdel Halim Hafez and Shadia, ''The Man Who Lost His Shadow'' in 1968 with Salah Zulfikar, Kamal El-Shennawi and Magda, ''An Incident of Honor'' in 1971 with Zubaida Tharwat and Shoukry Sarhan, ''Guys in Storm'' with Nelly and Nour El-Sherif, ''Fear Moments'' in 1972 with Farid Shawqi and Mervat Amin
Then in 1972, Shaaban co-starred in '' Paris and Love'' with Salah Zulfikar and Sabah. His next role was in ''Sun and Fog'' in 1973, ''A Woman With a Bad Reputation'' in 1973 with Shams al-Baroudi and Mahmoud Yacine, '' Malatily Bathhouse'' in 1973, '' The Bullet is Still in My Pocket'' in 1974, '' The Guilty'' in 1975 with Hussein Fahmy, Salah Zulfikar and Soheir Ramzi. ''Days in London'' in 1976 with Samira Tewfik, ''Remember Me'' in 1978 with Naglaa Fathi, ''The Iron Woman'' in 1987 with Naglaa Fathi and Farouk al-Fishawy, ''Fakhfakhino'' in 2009, ''The Elephant on Handkerchief'' in 2011 with Talaat Zakaria, and ''The Fourth Pyramid'' in 2016. He announced his retirement in 2017. However, he later returned to acting, in which he had a role in ''Esh Al-Dababir'', which was filmed in Beirut in early 2021.

Personal life

He was married four times, in which he had one son and two daughters. He first married an actress, Leila Taher, for four years. Then he married Nadia Chirine, daughter of Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, with whom he had a daughter, Sinai. He later married another actress, Seham Fathi. In 1989, he married a Kuwaiti, Iman Shreaan, with whom he had another daughter, Zainab, and a son, Murad.

Death

In February 2021, he contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, and was admitted to Dokki Hospital, then transported to Al-Agouza Hospital in Giza. On 28 February, he died from complications related to COVID-19. He was buried at the 6th of October cemetery.

Notelist

References

External links

Youssef Shabaan
in IMDb

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1931 births
2021 deaths
Male actors from Cairo
Egyptian male film actors
Egyptian male television actors
Egyptian male stage actors
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt