Maha Al-Saleh (Arabic: مها الصالح; 1945–2008) was a Syrian actress and director, her career began in the early 1960s.

Maha Al-Saleh
Born(1945-04-10)April 10, 1945
DiedJune 14, 2008(2008-06-14) (aged 63)
OccupationActress & Director

Early life

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Born in Jableh, Latakia, she belonged to a Alawite family.

Career

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She started her career in 1963 with the Syrian Television's Dramatic Arts Group. Later, she became an actress and director, specializing in monodrama, at the Syrian National Theater.[1]

She won awards internationally like the Lady with the Dog Award in Moscow and the Best Actress Award at the Mediterranean Festival in Italy.[2]

Personal life

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She married Assaad Feddah and they had a son named Majd. She is the sister-in-law of poets Muhammad al-Maghut and Adunis.[3]

She died in Damascus at the age of 63.[4]

Filmography

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  • The 6 O'Clock Operation (1970)
  • The Palace Alley (1970)
  • The Children of My Country (1971)
  • The World in 2000 (1972)
  • Memory of a Night of Love (1973)
  • The Corrupters on Earth (1973)
  • One Man Wanted (1973)
  • Girls for Love (1974)
  • The Shame (1974)
  • The Game of Life (1975)
  • No Time for Deception (1975)
  • Beauty and the Four Eyes (1975)
  • My Love Is Very Crazy (1975)
  • The Steadfast Man (1975)
  • Hunting Men (1976)
  • The Second Story from the Biography of Bani Hilal: The Green Princess (1978)
  • The Third Story from the Biography of Bani Hilal: The Adventure of Princess Al-Shama (1978)
  • A Knight from the South (1979)
  • Ramadan Kareem (1979)
  • Four Years' War (1980)
  • Fingerprints on the Wall of Time (1980)
  • The Excellent (1982)
  • Wounds (1986)
  • A Woman Who Doesn't Know Despair (1987)
  • The Absent-Mind Sabhan (1991)
  • Warm Hearts (1989)
  • Karaday Bahloul (1990)
  • The Absent-Mind Sabhan (1991)
  • Kamel's Father 1 (1991)
  • Kamel's Father 2 (1993)
  • Retribution (1996)
  • El Awsaj (1997)
  • Ayoub the Sea (1998)
  • Pomegranate Blooms (2001)
  • The Black Flour (2001)
  • Imru' Al Qais: The Bitter Revenge (2002)
  • The Finish Line (2003)
  • A stinging sermon against a sitting man (2004)

References

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  1. ^ "Everything you want to know about Maha Al Saleh". pub103.ayam.news (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. ^ "Maha Al-Saleh is a witness to the golden age of art". alkhaleej.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  3. ^ "Maha Al-Saleh, the Syrian actress, her age, her life story, a full report". awqatk.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  4. ^ "The passing of the distinguished Syrian artist Maha Al-Saleh". ammonnews.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2008-06-16.
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