Olwiya Gamil

Known for ActingBorn 1910-12-15Died 1994-08-16Lebanon

An actress who worked in theater and cinema, her real name is Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She came to Egypt from Lebanon. She worked in theater where she joined Ramses Naguib's troupe with Youssef Wahbi and remained in the troupe for many years, then joined the National Troupe. She worked in the plays Tosca, Divorce, The Count of Monte Cristo, Homeland, Rasputin, The Honorable Representative, and Polluted Blood. She was famous for her role as a strong-willed woman and a cruel mother-in-law in the films she worked in. She was married to the great artist Mahmoud Al-Meligy from 1939 until his death in 1983. Before that, she had married when she was thirteen years old and gave birth to her only daughter, Isis. She retired from acting in 1967 and passed away in 1994.Read more

Movies & web series

Abu Ahmad

The Suspect

The Mind is on a Vacation

Casino el latafa

El Mazaher

Maa Al Ayam

Sageen Abu Za'abal

Nahnu Bashar

killer mother

Tarek Al Amal

Leila Raheeba

Prisoner of the Night

The Student

Miracle from heaven

Women Without Men

Happy Day

No Understanding

The Black Cat

Chabab El Yom

God Is on Our Side

El naas makamat

Layla, Daughter of the Rich

The Victory of Youth

A wife from Paris

The Cursed Palace

Qadam Al Kheir

The Unknown Beloved

In Your Hands

Zeinab

نهاية حب

الغائبة

دلوني يا ناس

Al-Sharaff Ghali

Zohrah

Treachery and torment

The white angel

The First Love

Berlanty

Executioner's sword

Wahida

Ibn Al-Haddad

Children of the poor

Nahed