Date of birth: 1929-02-08
Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt
Known for: Acting
Also known as: شادية, Shadya, Shadia, فاطمة أحمد كمال الدين محمد شاكر, Fatma Ahmed Kamal Eldeen Mohamed Shaker, لدلوعة, صوت مصر, معبودة الجماهير

Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker, better known by her stage name Shadia. was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the third wife of Salah Zulfikar. Shadia was one of the iconic actresses and singers in Egypt and the Middle East region and a symbol of the golden age of Egyptian cinema and is known for her many patriotic songs. Her movies and songs are popular in Egypt and the Arab World. Critics consider her the most successful comprehensive Egyptian and Arabic artist of all time. Her first appearance in a film was in "Azhar wa Ashwak" (Flowers and Thorns), and her last film was "La Tas'alni Man Ana" (Don't Ask Me Who I Am).[1] She is also known for her patriotic song "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love) and her breakthrough leading role in the Egyptian movie "Al Maraa Al Maghoula" (The Unknown Woman).[2] Six of her movies are listed in the top 100 Egyptian movies of the 20th century. In April 2015, she became the first actress to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Egyptian Academy of Arts. She was given the nickname "Idol of the Masses" following her successful movie "Maaboudat El Gamaheer" (Idol of the Masses).[citation needed] Other notable nicknames include "The Guitar of the Arabic Singing" and "The Golden Guitar".

1953-12-14
Amal and her friend Fatima are happily in love with Ahmed and Dr. Mamdouh respectively. After it is

1956-01-09
A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloo

1974-12-23
As the security services raid the house of a guy with known political hostilities, they arrest his b

1960-03-28
Hoda lives among the servants and drivers who consider her family and dreams of her knight in shinin

1947-05-12
When a rich young man meets and falls for an aristocratic girl, he claims that he's a driver in orde

1954-10-04
Nabqa the seamstress is looking for a groom. She reads in the newspaper ads about a groom named Gami

1954-04-05
Gamil, the owner of a contracting company, is a womanizer. Despite being married to Sou'ad, he flirt

1953-07-20
The mayor decides to build a school and a hospital, so he collects the necessary funds from the peop

1955-11-21
Before his death, the captain of the boats, Hussein, calls on his stepson to recommend his real son

1963-10-14
A group of Egyptian soldiers returns from the Yemen War, including Men'em who promises his friends a

1951-11-22

1953-08-17
A husband dies,leaving his wife Khadija and their two children, Nemat and Sami behind. Khadija is a

1956-07-12
Ahmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's daught

1954-02-15
Two journalist friends were working at a news agency trying to find effective reports for publicatio

1951-10-07

1962-11-12
This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief wh

1969-10-13
Zuhra has nothing to do but to runaway after her family forced her to marry an old rich man. She goe

1952-09-29
The film's events revolve around (Samir), a hardworking young man who is finishing his university st

1958-10-26
A former Pasha lives on his estate with his daughter, while his son resides with his mistress in Cai

1969-02-03
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. A

1952-12-01
Professor Fahmi, a history teacher, went out to get a doctor for his wife, and he was martyred in a

1951-10-01
The wife dies and leaves behind three children and their father. The maid begins to set her nets on

1951-10-01
The film revolves around a happy couple, but the wife's mother works to spoil the relationship betwe

1951-02-19
A doctor is married to a very jealous girl, and because of this jealousy, she almost destroys her ma

1982-01-01
Two sisters (Riya) and (Skina), start a gang to kidnap rich women with the help of Riya's husband. S

1964-12-14
The carefree existence of a spoiled man comes to an end when his mother is arrested. With no educati

1962-03-05
Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a

1956-10-29
Navy officer Wahid arrives in a military hospital, with a kidney failure, his days are numbered. The

1967-01-09
Famous star Suheir falls in love with a rising actor called Ibrahim and they intend to get married.

1952-08-28
Zainab's father dies, so Mohsen, the owner of the company where Zainab's father worked, marries her

1950-08-14
Taher Sharaf, a simple employee in a company, is wrongfully accused of embezzlement, despite the fac

1953-11-02
"Ismael" (Ismael Yassin) Wheelsy wants to marry "Fathia" (Shadia) and compete in it (Abdel Moneim Is
1953-11-26

1966-01-20
A married couple ends up working at the same company where the wife is a general director. This arou

1959-12-07
Ahmed likes Fatima, and feelings of love grow between the two, imagining that they are from noble fa

1952-04-07
Sanaa is the daughter of Mukhtar Pasha, a young woman who prefers to marry Susu Beek, one of the son

1954-10-11
A man and a woman get married, but soon the husband suffers a lot of boredom and anger because of th

1962-12-24
A relationship of friendship and affection between the journalist Laila and Nuseela, and tries to he

1969-09-01
Fatma had a crush on Dr. Hosny, a womanizer dentist she met, so she decided to convince him to hire

1963-09-21
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes pl

1961-12-24
A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced e

1970-03-23
A young woman suffering from torment and cruelty after the death of her mother as a result of the tr

1952-02-21
Master Ghandour sets up the Iraqi woman's soul by writing a forged contract without her knowledge. H

1957-09-17
Farid is forced to marry his cousin, Yasmina, after their uncle leaves them a big inheritance, provi

1972-11-06
So'aad is a poor girl who auditions for a role in a new film, but film producer Adel rejects her for

1960-10-01
Amal marries the train driver Mahmoud, who treats her harshly. She feels neglected despite her husba

1953-01-26
The film talks about luck begins with the wealthy son who embezzles from the mother of a large amoun

1956-10-15
Poor young man Mahmoud Fathi electrician and loves music and composing, live in the same House orpha

1972-01-01
Attia al-Jabalawi, a man obsessed with ownership, imposes strict control on his family, whether his

1948-01-26
An honest employee finds himself in a tough situation when he is accused of killing his manager due

1965-04-14
Ahmed and Mona who love each other since they were children cannot resume their relationship as thei

1950-03-06
The hero is an Egyptian film produced in 1950, starring Tahia Karioka, Ismail Yassin and Shadia, dir

1978-08-24
Ra'fat marries Souad against his family's wishes and they go to live in Syria. When Ra'fat dies, Sou

1958-10-20
A mayor agrees to marry his daughter Zainab to her cousin against her will, so she escapes and her c

1984-11-19
When the impoverished Aisha sells her daughter Zeinab to the barren wealthy woman Soraya, she insist

1979-01-01
Dr. Rabab is the wife of businessman Abdul Rahim, their routine life is disturbed by the nosy Bahig

1976-02-16
A handsome young man called Nader lives a wealthy life with his widowed mother Nazik. When his fathe

1959-01-26
Nadia and Dr. Ra'fat fall in love, but Nadia's sister, Nawal, tries to approach Ra'fat to secure the

1963-08-05
The Theater Lights Trio try to meet the singer Sabah, but her busy schedule forces her to postpone.

1968-10-07
As a result of Saleh's preoccupation with his work, his wife Aida suffers from loneliness. She turns

1949-09-26
The three sisters ,Siham, Nabila, Sannia inherit from their late uncle an amount of only five hundre

1955-03-01
The famous musician, Allam, is the son of his friend Jalal, who loves to sing. Jalal recognizes the

1959-11-02
After an incident where they nearly drown, Medhat and Laila are forced to spend a night on an island

1954-03-01
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1954-07-25
Samira and Huda are sincere best friends. Samira falls in love with Farid, who deceives her and impr

1952-07-01
Hussein's family objects to his relationship with dancer Suhair, but he marries her, and she gives b

1951-04-02
A wealthy girl pulls a prank on one of her classmates by telephone, getting her to like and flirt wi

1954-02-15
The engineer Nagy returns from his travels abroad when he meets Olfat whom he falls in love with and

1952-05-12
The story revolves around Hussein, the son of Sheikh (Abdel Rahman), who travels to Alexandria for e

1953-03-30
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1950-04-10
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1954-02-08
A husband loses his arms and becomes unemployed, his wife becomes responsible for the house and negl

1956-10-01
Fatima lives with her father who moves from one house to another. She's in love with her neighbor, o

1950-11-06
A rich young man takes advantage of a girl and abandons her after she gives birth to face life on he

1964-03-08
The story of Hassan Al-Shahat and his son Shahtout who frequent the religious commemorating ceremoni

1953-04-20
(Fadel) inherited a large legacy and changed his condition after he became addicted to alcohol and g

1951-04-23
Thabit and Gamil are unemployed. They con a circus owner who sends his men after them. They escape t

1952-03-17
One of the office boys in a company succeeds in finding a job for his newly graduated son at his emp

1952-11-10
A girl named Souad shows up to her father, who was the result of an affair he had with her mother. T

1958-04-14
Salah and his cousin Souad promise to marry each other. Salah’s uncle asks him to collect revenue fr

1958-02-24
Two young men, Ahmed and Mohamed, who live in Port Said, develop feelings for the same girl, Najaf.

1967-09-18
Mahmoud spends all his time chasing women. As he tries to approach his colleague, she rejects him un

1952-09-08
Ihsan arrives from Lebanon to Cairo, and works with his friend Marzouk in a nightclub. Massoud Bey a

1954-06-12
As a girl falls in love with an agricultural engineer, they sleep together and she gets pregnant. Th

1951-02-19
A simple girl is seduced by a wealthy young man who leaves her pregnant. She works as a singer but h

1957-01-28
Lawahiz is a dancer and singer in the world of nightclubs. As her father, Master Azab, and her mothe

1950-04-20
Saber Effendi is a simple employee suffering from financial pitfalls. A new manager comes to the com

1949-02-07
After their parents' death, Nadia dedicates her life to her younger siblings Mounir and Soraya, and

1950-03-27
After his wife dies, Taysir Bey marries the promiscuous woman, Kawthar Hanim, who always deludes her

1951-03-23
Al-Sab' is a humble employee who is having trouble with his boss and his sweetheart's relative who w

1952-10-30
Afaf who's driven by greed and envy, following her lover Hamid, she steals money from her father's c

1951-11-22
The events revolve around two female friends, the first mother marries the father of the other so th

1951-12-10
Ezzat and Dorriya are two khatibs, who have a lot of jealousy and quarrels between them despite the

1969-01-01
Saber Effendi works as a tailor for men, but his major problem is that he suffers from a great depre

1952-01-01
A married engineer with a son and a daughter, he drives in love with a dancer who sets her window ar

1961-11-12
Mother Khadija (Amina Rizk) works as a maid to raise her daughter Nemat (Shadia). The school princip

1973-01-14
Karima lives a happy and stable life with her husband, Qadri, but during the lunar days her personal

1974-07-08
After the son returns from Alexandria to Cairo to live with his father again, the wife is attracted

1951-12-17
Dada Qatar An Egyptian film, produced in 1951, starring Anwar Wagdy, Shadia and Ismail Yassin, direc

1953-07-06
Hassan is a young man who recently graduated from the Faculty of Commerce. He works with his uncle A

1961-03-17

1949-12-19
Yasmina, Shushu, and Soso are three siblings trying to make a living by working in a nightclub. When

1953-01-01
A nurse succeeds in replacing the infant (Rashad), the son of her sister with the baby girl (Nadia),

1962-10-01
The story revolves around a combat nurse, her daughter's fiancé Nadia dies in an accident, and then

1952-03-20
Latif and Khafif are two friends who work together, but they get fired after making a mistake. Latif

1947-11-17
A couple with contradictory personalities, the wife is a serious cardiologist, and the husband is a

1948-10-04
Two young friends, one is a musician and singer, and the other is a poet and writer. The singer meet

1949-01-10
The film is about the love story of a dancer and a singer who works with her. It is a one-sided love

1954-09-20
A fire is burning in the hearts of Basimah and Hussein, but due to his shorthand, he cannot extingui

1954-04-19
A girl faces trouble with her family, as she loves acting and wishes to become an actress, but her m

1971-02-17
When Nadia meets Ahmed and Samy, Ahmed falls for her and proposes to her. As he goes to ask for her
1951-07-02
Ilham is a wealthy girl. Her uncle Hassan Bey seizes her money during her guardianship period. When

1956-09-24