Olwiya Gamil
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.
Acting
Movie
The Cursed Palace
as Najiya
1962
Movie
Leila Raheeba
as أمينة
1957
Movie
Happy Day
1940
Movie
In Your Hands
1960
Movie
Women Without Men
1953
Movie
Qadam Al Kheir
1952
Movie
Zeinab
1930
Movie
A wife from Paris
as والدة سامية
1964
Movie
Tarek Al Amal
as ام حسين
1957
Movie
No Understanding
as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم
1961
Movie
Miracle from heaven
as ام سلوى
1956
TV
The Black Cat
as Amina
1964
Movie
Prisoner of the Night
1963
Movie
Casino el latafa
1945
Movie
The Suspect
as fekry's mother
1957
Movie
El Mazaher
1945
Movie
Nahnu Bashar
1955
Movie
Maa Al Ayam
1958
Movie
Abu Ahmad
1960
Movie
Sageen Abu Za'abal
as Hasan's mom
1957
Movie
The Unknown Beloved
as Laila's mother
1955
Movie
The Student
as أم حسن
1961
Movie
God Is on Our Side
1955
Movie
El naas makamat
as Hamid's wife
1954