Background
Soad Muhammad Kamal Hosny was born in Ataba, Cairo, one of three sisters born to Mohammad Hosni and his wife, Jawahara.
Soad Muhammad Kamal Hosny was born in Ataba, Cairo, one of three sisters born to Mohammad Hosni and his wife, Jawahara.
She was known as the "Cinderella of Egyptian cinema" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East. She ascended to stardom at the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991. A majority of her films were shot in the 1960s and 1970s.
She also had eight half-siblings.
Her father, a Syrian of Kurdish descent, was a calligrapher. Najat First Rate (at Lloyd's) Saghira, one of Hosny"s half-siblings, was an actress and singer.
Hosny"s final screen appearance was in 1991 in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ra"i We El Nissa. Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her home at Stuart Tower in London on June 21, 2001.
Her funeral in Cairo was attended by some 10,000 people.
In 2013, Lebanese filmmaker Rania Stephan used snippets from Hosny"s films to re-tell Hosny"s story and the history of Egyptian cinema in The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosny. lieutenant was featured in Berlin"s Art Week. "رسالة السندريلا إلى الله!" (in Arabic.
Gives 1943 as year of birth)
"Souad Hosny dies in London after struggling with disease", aawsat.com (in Arabic.
Gives 1944 as year of birth)
Media portrayals
Movies or series featuring actresses portraying Soad Hosny on YouTube
Cites 1942 as year of birth.