Nahed Sherif

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Nahed Sherif
Nahed Sherif in Hassan El-Imam's Love and Money (1969)
Born
Samiha Zaki El-Nial

(1942-01-01)January 1, 1942
Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt
DiedApril 7, 1981(1981-04-07) (aged 39)
Cairo, Egypt
Years active1958–1980
Spouse(s)Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess
Kamal el-Shennawi
Edward Gergian
ChildrenPatricia Gergian

Nahed Sherif (

Arabic: ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese
films of the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial (سميحة زكي النيال) and a Lycée Français du Caire dropout, she was discovered by director Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess and made her debut in 1958.[1] In 1961, she married El-Mohandess and he directed two films offering her starring roles opposite Egyptian Cinema's box-office mogul Salah Zulfikar in the romance, A Storm of Love (عاصفة من الحب), Me and my Daughters (أنا وبناتي), earning commercial success for both films. Her marriage with El-Mohandess lasted for a brief period and she later married fellow actor Kamal El-Shennawi.

Nahed Sherif with Salah Zulfikar in Desire and Price (1978)

While married to El-Shennawy, she was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the third time in

Lebanese Armenian Edward Gergian. She was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the fifth and last time in the commercial hit; Desire and Price (الرغبة والثمن). She was diagnosed with breast cancer
in late 1970s and died in 1981.

References

  1. ^ Nahied Sherif at ElCinema

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