Anwar Wagdi (Egyptian Arabic: أنور وجدى, pronounced [ˈɑnwɑɾ ˈwæɡdi]; 11 October 1904 – 14 May 1955), born Anwar Wagdi Yehia Elfattal, was an Egyptian[1][2][3] actor, screenwriter, director and producer.
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| Born | Anwar Wagdi Yehia Al Fattal 11 October 1904 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 14 May 1955 (aged 50) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Egyptian  |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1922–1955 |
| Spouses | |
Life
editAnwar was born in the Cairo district of El Daher, Cairo. His father was of Syrian descent.[4] Anwar's Egyptian mother, Mohiba Elrikabi, was from Cairo.[5] Anwar Wagdy was married to Egyptian actresses Elham Hussein, Leila Mourad , and Laila Fawzi. He died at 50 in Sweden while seeking treatment for polycystic kidney disease.[6]
Career
editAnwar Wagdi began his acting career as an extra in 1922 in the Youssef Wahbi Theatre Company's production of Julius Caesar. He quickly leaped to stardom and played leading roles in and/or directed 92 Egyptian films between the 1932 and 1955.[7] He achieved particular success partnering with his wife, Egyptian legend Leila Mourad.
Yousef Wahbi directed his first film: "Defense" in 1934 and called "Anwar Wagdy" to take part in this film with him. After the failure of a film caused some financial problems for Youssef Wahbi and producer, which resulted in Anwar to join the National Force Theater, which was founded in 1935. Anwar Wagdi found that cinema is more suited to his talent and more in tune with its aspirations because of its popularity and its ability to reach a wider audience.
Throughout that period, he made "Wings of the Desert", in 1939.[8] Anwar Wagdy became a star, as directors of the exploitation of its looks handsome and soft features in the provision of the roles of the rich aristocrat indifferent to any symbol of evil. And grandfather established his production company "films Nations", and produced, directed and acted in a number of films together with his wife Laila Murad, whom he married while filming the first: "The following are the poor girl."
Filmography
edit- Actor
- Sons of Aristocrats (1932)
- Agnihat el sahara (1939)
- Al-Azeema (1939)
- El warsha (1941)
- Intissar el chabab (1941)
- Leila fil zalam (1944)
- Kedb fi kedb (1944)
- Gharam wa intiqam (1944)
- Tahia el rajala (1945)
- Ragaa (1945)
- Madinat el ghajar (1945)
- Lailat el jumaa (1945)
- Lailat el haz (1945)
- Kubla fi Lubnan (1945)
- Kataltu waladi (1945)
- El-qalb louh wahid (1945)
- El hayat kefah (1945)
- Bayn narayn (1945)
- Aheb el baladi (1945)
- Sirr abi (1946)
- Leila bint el fukara (1946)
- El zalla el kabira (1946)
- Aroussa lel ajar (1946)
- Ard el Nil (1946)
- Ana wa ibn ammi (1946)
- Leila bint el agnia (1947)
- Kalbi dalili (1947)
- Fatmah (1947)
- Talak Suad hanem (1948)
- El hawae wa el chabab (1948)
- Ghazal Al Banat (1949)
- Shebbak habibi (1951)
- El sabaa effendi (1951)
- Amir el antikam (1951)
- Raya wa Sekina (1953)
- Dahab (1953)
- Kuloub el naas (1954)
- Khatafa mirati (1954)
- El Wahsh (1954)
- Arbah banat wa zabit (1954)
- Director
- Leila bint el fukara (1946)
- Leila bint el aghnia (1947)
- Kalbi dalili (1947)
- Talak Soiad hanem (1948)
- Ghazal Al Banat (1949)
- Yasmine (1951)
- Lailet el henna (1951)
- Katr el nada (1952)
- Habib el ruh (1952)
- Dahab (1953)
- Bint el akaber (1953)
- Arbaa' banat we zabit (1954)
- Writer
- Ghazal Al Banat (1949)
References
edit- ^ Pollak, Edward (2009-07-17). "Hollywood On The Nile Booming". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ^ Prominent Egyptians - Egyptian Government State Information Service. Archived October 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arab Movie Online Encyclopedia. Archived July 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mustafa Darwish (1998). Dream makers on the Nile: a portrait of Egyptian cinema (Paperback ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 25. ISBN 977424429X.
- ^ Prominent Egyptians - Egyptian Government State Information Service. Archived October 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Al-Sharq Al-Al-Awsat Newspaper. 8 July 2008". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ Armes, Roy (2008-05-20). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. Page 129
- ^ Released on 1 October 1939 (in Arabic)
