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Thuraya Helmy

Sep 26, 1923 - Aug 09, 1994 (70 years old) in Egypt

Egyptian actress and singer, whose real name is (Zakia Ali Mahjoub), and Mustafa Al-Qashash, a journalist in Al-Sabah magazine, chose her artistic name by which she was known. She excelled in the art of monologue. She was born in an artistic family where her sister was a singer. She used to go to the theater and go up to the stage between the seasons and offer singing connections, and from here she started the art of monologue, and continued that from 1940 until 1966. During her artistic career, she presented more than 300 monologues of the most famous of them (Addini Your Mind, O Sidi Eib), in addition to Her participation in acting in many films, she even formed a cinematic duo with the comedian Ismail Yassin, and joined the band (Baba Ezz El-Din). Among her most prominent works is (Ismail Yassin interviews Rayya and Sakina, the male hunter). She passed away in 1994.

Known For

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He and She Stories
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The Hunger
خاله حليمه
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The Beggars' Strike
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Alley of The Pestle
Hosnia
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Elsetat Afaret
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Believing in God
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El Zuhur El Fatina
Thurya
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Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts
عزيزة
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The Bread Seller
friend of Nemat
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Good News
Nousa نوسة

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