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Egyptian actress and comedian
Zeinat Sedki
BornZeinab Mohamed Mosaad
(1912-05-04)May 4, 1912
Alexandria, Egypt
DiedMarch 2, 1978(1978-03-02) (aged 65)
EducationAnsar el Tamseel” (Acting Supporters) Institute
StyleComedy

Zeinat Sedki (May 4, 1912 - March 2, 1978) was an Egyptian actress and comedian. She was one of the female comedy pioneers in the Egyptian cinema along with Mary Mounib and Widad Hamdi.

Biography

Zeinat Sedki was born Zeinab Mohamed Mosaad the May 4, 1912 in Alexandria, Egypt. She married a much older man at the age of 15 after her father forced her to drop out of school. She divorced a year later. after the death of her father, she began her career as a belly dancer, and joined an association of artists in the early 1930s. She ran away from home and joined a comedy theater troupe formed by Naguib el-Rihani where she performed a range of successful plays, among which was The Egyptian Pound (el Guineih el Masrî) in 1931. El-Rihani gave her the stage name Zeinat Sedki instead of her birth name Zeinab Mohamed Saad.

She made her film debut in 1934 film by Mario Volpe The Accusation. she credited her breakthrough to the movie “His Highness Wants to Marry” (1936). In this film, she plays the role of a maid of rural origin. She will later resume the same role on the boards in a theatrical adaptation written by Naguib el-Rihani and Badie Khairy. At the end of her career, she started having financial problems and started to sell her furniture in order to cover her expenses. In 1976, former Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat gave her an award at The Art Feast and granted her an exceptional pension.

Filmography

  • 1934 : Al-ittihâm , film by Mario Volpe.
  • 1936 : Bisalamtouh ‘âwiz yitgawwiz , film by Alexandre Farkache.
  • 1944: Berlanti , film by Youssef Wahbi.
  • 1949 : ’Ifrîtah hânim , film by Henry Barakat.
  • 1950 : al-Batal , film by Helmy Rafla.
  • 1950 : al-Millionnaire , film by Helmy Rafla.
  • 1952 : The Sweetness of Love
  • 1953 : Zalamounî al-habâyib , film by Helmy Rafla.
  • 1953 : Maw’id ma’ al-hayâh , film by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.
  • 1953 : Dahab, film d’Anwar Wagdi.
  • 1954 : Qouloub al-nâs , film by Hassan el-Imam.
  • 1954 : al-Ânissah Hanafi , film by Fatin Abdel Wahab.
  • 1954 : al Malâk al-zâlim , film by Hassan El-Imam.
  • 1954 : Innîh râhilah , film by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.
  • 1955 : Madrasat al-banât , film by Kamel el-Telmissany.
  • 1956: Al-Qalb louh ahkâm , film by Helmy Halim.
  • 1957 : Ibn Hamido , film by Fatin Abdel Wahab.
  • 1958 : Châri’ al-houbb film by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.
  • 1960 : Hallâq al-sayyidât , film by Fatin Abdel Wahab.
  • 1962: Gamâeyat Qatl al-Zawgât al-Hazleya , film by Hasan El-Saifi.
  • 1975 : Bint ismouhâ Mahmoud , film by Niazi Mostafa.

References

  1. Ahmed, Lara (4 May 2019). "5 Reasons Zeinat Sedki Still Shines: Remembering Egypt's Queen of Comedy". Women of Egypt Magazine. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. Essam, Angy (1 March 2019). "Six facts you need to know about Zeinat Sedky". Egypt Today. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  3. Ahmed, Lara (4 May 2019). "5 Reasons Zeinat Sedki Still Shines: Remembering Egypt's Queen of Comedy". Women of Egypt Magazine. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. Ashraf, Gharib (2 March 2018). "Remembering Zeinat Sedki: The most famous spinster in Egyptian cinema". Ahram Online. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. Essam, Angy (1 March 2019). "Six facts you need to know about Zeinat Sedky". Egypt Today. Retrieved 30 September 2021.


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