Huda Sultan
Huda Sultan هـدى سلطان | |
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Huda Sultan or Hoda Sultan (
Early life
Huda Sultan was born on 15 August 1925 in the rural Egyptian city of Tanta to a higher class family. She was the third of five siblings; one of her brothers was the renowned artist Mohamed Fawzi.[1] She was born as Bahiga Abd El-Aal, but later adopted her new acting name, Huda Sultan, after many suggestions from prominent Egyptian Cinema producers that her birth name was too rural.
Career
In 1950 she starred in her first film "Set El Hosn" (
In 1960, she starred "Serr Imra'a" (Egyptian Arabic: سر امرأة, “
Personal life
Marriages
Sultan married five times: her first husband, Mohamed Naguib, was a prominent Egyptian government official who did not agree to his wife's celebrity status and divorced her soon after her first movie. Her second husband was an Egyptian movie producer, and her third husband was Fowad Al-Atrash (brother of singer Farid al-Atrash), she divorced him in order to marry leading actor Farid Shawqi.[1] She then married director Hassan Abdel Salam.
Children
Sultan had one daughter with her first husband, Mohamed Naguib, called Maha, and two daughters with her second husband Shawki, one of them, Nahed, who is a movie producer. Her granddaughter is actress Nahed El Sebai[1]
Death
In 2006 she died, at the age of 81 years, after a battle with lung cancer, at Dar Al Fouad in 6th of October, Egypt.[1][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Leading Egyptian actress dies". Al Jazeera. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ al-Thaqāfah, United Arab Republic Wizārat (1960). Cultural Register.
- ^ "Huda Sultan: The Power of Captivating Charm". City Lights Posters. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ Nessaa muharramat (1959) - IMDb, retrieved 22 January 2023
- ^ Movie - من فضلك وإحسانك - 1986 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 22 January 2023
- ^ Min Fadlik Wa Ihsanik (TV Movie 1986) - IMDb, retrieved 22 January 2023
- ^ "Egyptian Musical Actress Huda Sultan, 81, Dies". Cairo: Arab News. 7 June 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2017.