Zahrat El-Ola (10 June 1934 – 18 December 2013) was an Egyptian actress, and was the second wife of

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 ...

. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She is one of the iconic actresses in

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. El-Ola was prolific in golden age of

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. Her first appearance in film was in Mahmoud Zulfikar's ''

My Father Deceived Me My Father Deceived Me (aliases: My Father Tricked Me ar, خدعني أبي, translit. ''Khadaini abi'') is a 1951 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It stars Mahmoud Zulfikar, Sabah and Taheyya Kariokka. Plot Kawthar is ...

'' (1951), and her last film was ''Ard Ard'' (1998).

Career

After obtaining a diploma from the Institute of Dramatic Arts, she moved with her family to Mahalla al-Kubra and then to

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where she was apprenticed by

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 ...

and worked in his theater, then went to work in the cinema. Zahrat El-Ola participated in more than ten films alongside

. She presented works that reached 120 films and 50 television series throughout her career, including the series "Eny Rahela" with Mahmoud Morsy, Laila Hamada and Mohamed El-Araby, and a series on the sidelines of the biography with

Ahmed Mazhar Ahmed Hafez Mazhar ( ar, أحمد حافظ مظهر, ʾAḥmad Ḥāfeẓ Mazāhar; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 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 ...

and both of which were shown in the eighties.

Illness and death

On Mother's Day 21 March 2010, Zahrat El-Ola was unable to attend the ceremony honoring her as an artist and mother in an event held by the Catholic Center under the title Day of Giving, due to her illness, which forced her to stay at home, and no one was able to represent her to receive the award. She was honored at home by giving her a shield in appreciation of her dedication over the years of her work. The shield was handed over to her by Father Boutros Daniel, in a kind human gesture. Zahrat El-Ola suffered in her last days of paralysis until she died on the evening of Wednesday, 18 December 2013.

Filmography

Film

* 1951:

* 1951: Ana Bent Nas * 1952: Colonialism falls * 1952: Wedding Portrait * 1952: Honorable Mr * 1952: I Believe in God * 1952: Faith * 1953: Window to Heaven * 1953: The Mistake of a Life * 1953:

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* 1953: The Path of Happiness * 1953: My life partner * 1953: Inferno of Jealousy * 1953: After Farewell * 1953: The Last Meeting * 1954: One Night of My Life * 1954: The Neighbor's Girl * 1954: Bahbouh Effendi * 1954: The Triumph of Love * 1954: I Am Love * 1954: The Unjust Angel * 1954: The Money and the Boys * 1954: The happiest days * 1954: Have mercy on my tears * 1954: Traces in the Sand * 1955: The Kingdom of Women * 1955: Captain Egypt * 1955: Soul lover * 1955: Our Good Days * 1955: Amani Al Omar * 1955: Dreams of Spring * 1956: Call of Love * 1956: Date Gram * 1956: Confused Hearts 1956 * 1956: My wife was murdered * 1956: The call of the oppressed * 1956: The Stranger * 1956: Ismail Yassin in the Police *1957:

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*1957: The Way of Hope * 1957: The Prisoner of Abu Zaabal *1957: Reply My Heart * 1957: Port Said * 1957: The Empty Cushion * 1957: Crime and Punishment * 1957: Ismail Yassin in the Fleet *1958: Nos Al-Layl Drivers * 1958: Until We Meet * 1958:

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* 1958: Toha * 1958: Abu Oyoun Jare’a * 1959: The Secret of the Invisibility Cap * 1959: Doaa Al-Karawan * 1959: A Woman's Life * 1959: I think of what I forgot * 1959:

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* 1959: God is Greater * 1959: The Last Love * 1959: Ismail Yassin in Air Forces * 1960: The River of Love * 1960: Heartless Man * 1960: Three Heiresses * 1960: The Hobo Husband * 1960: Holy Rabat * 1961:

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* 1961: Tomorrow Another Day * 1961: Ashour Qalb al-Assad * 1961: The Path of Heroes * 1961: Husband by lease * 1961: Me and My Daughters * 1961: Warm Nights * 1961: The Targuman * 1962: The Oil King * 1962: Wife-Killing Association * 1962:

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* 1963: The Madmen in Bliss * 1964: For Hanafi * 1964: Bint Al-Hetta * 1965: The Two Brothers * 1966: The Lovers Weep * 1966: Grams in August * 1966: The Single Husband * 1967: The second meeting * 1968: The Six Watching Ones * 1968: The Bravest Man in the World * 1968: Ibn Al-Hetta * 1969: Pickpocket Against His Nose * 1970: The Three Madmen * 1973: Sukkari * 1973: The love that was * 1975: Bloody Sunday * 1975: Victims * 1975: Al- Rida’ Al-Abyad * 1977: For Life * 1977: Prayer of the Oppressed * 1978: Life is lost, my son * 1978: The Lovers Railway * 1978: Calculating the Years * 1978: The Famous Case * 1978: The best Days of my Life * 1979: Sin of An Angel * 1980: Fatwa al-Jabal * 1980: The Stranger Brothers * 1981: Lovers' Clash * 1981:

I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying, also known as The Made Up Truth (Egyptian Arabic: أنا لا أكذب ولكني أتجمل German language, German: ''Die geschminkte wahrheit'' Transliteration, translit: ''Ana La Aktheb Wlakenani Atajaml''), ...

* 1982: I lost my love there * 1982:

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* 1982: A man in a women's prison * 1983: I am not a thief * 1984: Hadi Bady * 1985: Street Angels * 1985: Demon from honey * 1986: Good People, Poor People * 1986: Omar's Journey * 1986: For whom the moon smiles * 1986: I will leave you, Lord * 1986: The Edge of the Sword * 1987: Al-Ardah Al-Halji in a fraud case * 1988: The daughter of the Pasha, the Minister * 1988:

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* 1989: An amazing story * 1989: The Taming of the Man * 1991: The Time of Al-Jadaan * 1992: Couples in Trouble * 1993: The Ship of Love and Torment * 1998: Ard Ard

Television

* 1976: Laqeeta * 1978: Ala Hamesh El-Seera * 1980: Bela Khatiaa * 1983: Zohour W Ashwak * 1987: Al-Zawga Awel Man Yaalam

References

{{reflist 1934 births 2013 deaths Egyptian actresses