Zubaida Tharwat

Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat (Arabic: زبيدة أحمد ثروت) (15 June 1940 – 13 December 2016), was an Egyptian film, stage and television actress who was known as "the most beautiful eyes in classic Egyptian cinema". She was known for her notable films; Inni Attahim (1960), There is A Man in Our House (1961), How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1969), The Other Man (1973), and The Guilty (1975).

Zubaida Tharwat
زبيدة ثروت
Tharwat in 1960
Born
Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat

(1940-06-15)15 June 1940
Died13 December 2016(2016-12-13) (aged 76)
NationalityEgyptian
Other names"the most beautiful eyes in classic Egyptian cinema"
EducationUniversity of Alexandria
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1985
Spouses
Ihab El-Ghazawi
(divorced)
    Sobhi Farhat
    (divorced)
      Mohamed Ismail
      (divorced)
        Omar Nagi
        (divorced)
        Children4

        Early life

        Zubaida was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 15 June 1940, into an Egyptian family. Her father, Ahmed Tharwat, was an Egyptian Navy officer. As a teenager, she won a beauty contest in an Egyptian teen magazine which widely published her photograph and got her the attention of directors and producers. She studied at the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University.

        Career

        In 1955, after winning the beauty contest of El-Geel magazine, she made her first film appearance in the 1956 film Dalila, alongside Shadia and Abdel Halim Hafez. She went on to work in many other films with other famous actors such as; Youssef Wahbi, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza, Kamal el-Shennawi, Soad Hosny and Omar Sharif.

        Zubaida Tharwat with Salah Zulfikar in Inni Attahim (1960)

        Tharwat appeared in the 1950s, 60's and 70's films, her notable roles include; Women in My Life (1957) by Fatin Abdel Wahab, The Little Angel (1957) with Youssef Wahbi and Yehia Chahine, Girl 17 (1958) with Ahmed Ramzy, Inni Attahim (1960) with Salah Zulfikar and directed by Hassan El-Imam. In 1961, she starred alongside Omar Sharif in There is a Man in our House (1961) by Henry Barakat. In the same year, she starred alongside Abdel Halim Hafez in Youm Min Omry (1961), the film was a huge success.

        After seven years hiatus from films, from 1962 to 1969, she returned in A Jealous Wife (1969) by Helmy Rafla, followed by How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1969). Next year, she co-starred alongside Soad Hosny and Rushdy Abaza in El-Hob El-Daea' (1970), followed Me, My Wife and the Secretary (1970). In 1973, she appeared alongside box-office star Salah Zulfikar in Al-Rajul Al-Akhar (1973) and the film was a box-office success. She also starred alongside Farid Al-Atrash in Zaman Ya Hub (1973), and Al-Mothneboon (1975) among other works on stage such as; Ana we Heya we mrati (1987).

        Zubaida Tharwat in 1973

        The last work in which she participated was a play; A Very Happy Family with Amin El-Hunaidi and El-Muntaser Billah, written and directed by El Sayed Badir. She also starred in the play 20 Chickens and a Rooster and decided to retire in the late 1980s. During her career, she was given many nicknames such as "The Pussycat of Arabic Cinema", "Magic Eyes" and "The Queen of Romance".

        Personal life

        Tharwat had 3 siblings, including her twin sister Hikmet. She got married five times, her first marriage was in 1960 to an officer in the Egyptian Navy named Ihab El-Ghazawi, then the Syrian producer Sobhi Farhat, with whom she gave birth to her four daughters. Her third husband was Mohamed Ismail. Tharwat's last husband, the actor Omar Nagi, which was her last marriage.

        Zubaida Tharwat in 1975

        She stated in her last interview that she did not know that Abdel Halim Hafez had proposed to her, he asked to marry just after her second marriage, and she recommended that she be buried next to him after she dies. After retiring from films, she made the decision to migrate to the United States, and lived there for a while, but eventually returned to Egypt and died at the age of 76 in Cairo after a long battle with cancer and aging-associated diseases.

        Filmography

        Zubaida Tharwat and Shadia in Dalila (1956)
        Zubaida Tharwat with Salah Zulfikar in Al-Rajul Al-Akhar (1973)

        Film

        Year Title Role Notes
        1956 Dalila
        1956 Hekayt 3 Banat Shahira
        1957 El-Malak el-Sagheir Doha
        1957 Nessa' fi Hayati Sanaa'
        1958 Bent 17 Safaa'
        1959 A'ashat lelhob Zeinab
        1959 Shams La Tagheeb Soha
        1959 Ehtrsi mn el-Hob Laila
        1960 Inni attahem Naemat
        1961 Yum mn omri Nadya
        1961 Nesf Azraa' Zeinab
        1961 Fi Baituna Ragol Nawaaal
        1962 Salwa fi mahab el-reeh Salwa
        1969 Zawga Ghayoora Gedan Fatma
        1969 Kaifa ttakhalas mn zawgatak Fatma
        1970 El-Hob El-Daea' Samya
        1970 Ana we Zawgti we el-Sekrtera
        1971 Hadest Sharaf
        1973 Shams w Dabab
        1973 Zaman Ya Hob Abeer
        1973 Al-Rajul Al-Akhar
        1974 Al-Ahdan Al-Dafe'a Madiha
        1975 Habebe Magnon Gdn
        1975 El-Mothneboon Mona
        1975 La Shy' yohem
        1976 El-Hob el-Haram Aydaa
        1976 Lkaa' Honak Laila
        1977 Zahret el-Banafseg Hayaat

        Stage

        Year Title Role Notes
        1977 Shahrzad we 8 staat
        1977 20 Farkha we deek
        1980 8 staat
        1985 Aaa'ela Sa'eeda Gedaan
        1987 Ana we Heya we mrati
        1987 Meen Ye'dar ala reem

        Television

        Year Title Role Notes
        1978 Wafaa' Belaa Nhaaya

        References


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