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Aliases: يحيى شاهين , يحيي شاهين

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Giza, Egypt

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Movie Involvements: 34

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994

Most Famous Work

شارع المواردي
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شارع المواردي

(1990) محمد المواردي
The Land
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9

The Land

(1970) Sheikh Hassouna
Son of Cleopatra
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4

Son of Cleopatra

(1964) Safar
Sleepless
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6

Sleepless

(1957) Ahmed Lutfy
Son of the Nile
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7

Son of the Nile

(1951) الشيخ إبراهيم
Between Two Mansions
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6

Between Two Mansions

(1964) Ahmed Abdel Gawad
Zeinab
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Zeinab

(1952) إبراهيم
A Bit of Torment
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8

A Bit of Torment

(1969) الرسّام أحمد خالد

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1992 N/A
1991 N/A
1990 محمد المواردي
1988 ناصف الليثي
1982 Hilmi Pasha
1979 British Ambassador
N/A
عبدالرحيم
1976 N/A
1974 El-Armany
1973 Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
1972 Salah
مراد
1971 N/A
1970 N/A
Sheikh Hassouna
1969 الرسّام أحمد خالد
رفاعي
Al Shaikh Ibrahim
1968 Mahmoud Salem
1966 Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
N/A
N/A
1965 Ibrahim
1964 Safar
Shams
Ahmed Abdel Gawad
1962 N/A
1961 N/A
1960 جلال
1959 N/A
1958 Abbas
Hussein
N/A
N/A
1957 N/A
Ahmed Lutfy
N/A
Ahmed Awad
1956 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
د. خالد
1955 N/A
1954 Mamdouh Salem
الشيخ حسن
N/A
Adel
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N/A
1953 بلال بن رباح
N/A
1952 N/A
Farid
إبراهيم
1951 N/A
الشيخ إبراهيم
1950 N/A
1947 N/A
Mahmoud
1946 N/A
N/A
1945 N/A
عبد الرحمن القس
1944 N/A
1943 N/A
1942 Kamal Khatib Wahiba
N/A
N/A
1940 زياد
Year Character Movie/Tv

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