Soad Hosny
Date of birth: 1943-01-26
Place of birth: Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt
Known for: Acting
Also known as: سعاد حسني, Soad Hosni, Суад Хусни, Souad Hosny, سعاد حسني البابا, Souad Hosni, Suad Husni, سعاد محمد محمود حسني أمين البابا, السندريلا, زوزو, أخت القمر
Biography
Soad Hosny (January 26, 1943 - June 21, 2001) was an Egyptian actress born in Cairo to a household known as "the artists' home". Her father was renowned calligrapher Mohamed Hosni. Her half-sister Nagat El Saghira was a famous singer. Soad’s career began at a young age and her talents were first noticed by author Abdelrahman El Khamissy. She's one of the most influential actresses in the Arab world and is known as the "Cinderella of the Screen". Hosny appeared in no less than 9 movies listed in the "Top 100 Egyptian films", compiled in 1996 in celebration of the centenary of Egyptian cinema. Soad was known for her versatility as an actress and her ability to play a wide range of characters, from comedic and lighthearted roles to dramatic and tragic ones. She was also known for her singing, which was featured in many of her films. Due to illness, she retired from acting in 1991 at just 48. Hosny's final screen appearance was in The Shepherd and the Women (1991), directed by her ex-husband, Ali Badrakhan. She starred alongside Ahmed Zaki in the TV series "Hekayat Howa wa Heya" (1985), a show that tackled social issues such as gender inequality. She received numerous awards in her career for starring in movies such as Sunset and Sunrise (1970), Where Is My Mind (1974), A Dinner Date (1981), and many other films. Some consider her to be the only actress who rivaled Faten Hamama as the best Egyptian actress of the 20th century. She can be seen in her best form in Cairo 30 (1966), Too Young for Love (1966), Al Karnak (1975), Watch Out for Zouzou (1972), and Youssef Chahine's The Choice (1971). In 2001, Soad Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her friend's apartment in London; the real cause of her death is still unknown. She remains engraved in the Egyptian film industry and the hearts of many until today.
Movie Credits
Women in the City
1977-07-25
To cover up a robbery, a plan is devised to set fire to the warehouse. When Youssef confides in Dali
Meeting at the Tower
1962-12-12
Adel and Amal meet during their return from a cruise and they fall in love and promise to marry afte
A Dinner Date
1981-11-16
This movie revolves around the story of an innocent girl (Nawal) who was married to a rich and posse
Sunset and Sunrise
1970-03-16
In the wake of the Cairo Fire, Essam feels guilty for betraying his friend Samir by messing around w
The Second Wife
1967-10-14
A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village wit
Whom Should We Shoot?
1975-12-08
The film describes the political and economical corruption in 70s’ Egypt, through the relationship b
Shafiqa and Metwally
1978-11-27
The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sis
Cairo 30
1966-10-31
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's
Bird Of The Orient
1986-03-24
The young prosecutor (Nour El-Sherif) experiences what happened to writer Tawfiq al-Hakim in the no
The Choice
1971-03-15
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime sus
The Girls in Summer
1960-03-28
Loyal to her husband suffers from a weak personality due to strict upbringing, which exposes her to
Eshaet Hob
1960-11-21
Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in
The Hunger
1986-01-02
In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was impris
Karnak
1975-12-29
In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn whe
Al-Qadisiyya
1981-07-13
A historical epic about the battle of Qadiseya, which was helmed by the Arabian knight Saad Ibn Abi
The Road
1964-12-14
The carefree existence of a spoiled man comes to an end when his mother is arrested. With no educati
The People and the Nile
1972-01-17
The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptian
Hassan and Nayima
1959-04-01
A love story similar to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet taking place in the Egyptian Countryside.
The Suspect
1981-08-20
The film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and
People Of The Top
1981-05-11
Zaatar is a thief who works for Zaghloul the owner of an import and export company. Zaghloul exploit
The Tale of Three Girls
1968-01-01
Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and
For Men Only
1964-11-16
(Elham and Salwa) two chemical engineers, have been appointed to the Oil Company (Cairo) but are see
The Shepherd and the Women
1991-10-14
The widowed Wafaa lives with her teenage daughter Salma and her sister-in-law Azza in her late husba
My Wife & the Dog
1971-11-17
Chief Morsy is a lightkeeper staying at a faraway lighthouse. He marries So'aad and shortly returns
Watch Out for Zuzu
1972-11-06
A girl leaves behind her past life as a dancer working in Mohammed Ali Street and enters college. He
Deprivation Well
1969-12-29
When it gets dark each evening a virtuous young lady transforms into a notorious flirt but remembers
Too Young for Love
1966-01-05
Samiha catches the acting bug while engaged to the neglectful and food-obsessed Salah who spends mos
Stranger In My House
1982-02-08
Shehata Abu Kaff, goes to Cairo to play for Zamalek club. The club buys him an apartment, but the ow
The Groom Arrives Tomorrow
1963-10-28
Anayat Hanim succeeded in having a clothing factory after the death of her husband, allowing her to
Strangers
1973-04-09
Nadia is a young girl who's torn between the stances of three men in her life; her artist lover, her
Marriage on the Modern Way
1968-10-14
Noha and Ahmed are in love but face a series of complications before getting married due to their tr
His Excellency, The Ambassador
1966-06-29
After the ambassador travels abroad, the servant takes advantage of this opportunity and impersonate
The Third Class
1988-07-24
A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the manage
A Bit of Torment
1969-09-22
When her stepfather tries to rape her, Amal kills him and flees. She finds refuge in the house of th
Lady Aziza
1961-01-30
Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein di
Nadia
1969-12-08
The twins (Nadia and Mona) live in peace in Cairo with their father, a university professor, and the
ُُThe Student and the Teacher
1968-11-04
Salwa who enters an institution because of a crime she committed, falls in love with her music teac
Shakket Al-Talaba
1967-02-06
Two college students live together in Cairo. As they fall for their neighbor Mona, they start to com
The Savage
1979-02-19
Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a w
Love in a Jail Cell
1983-02-14
A wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married after th
The Place of Weeping Lovers
1966-07-20
A young engineer whose wife dies in a car accident, and leaves his young daughter, and because he is
The Lost Love
1970-10-20
Laila and Samia are two best friends ,but things are about to change when Laila moves in with Samia
Chakawet rejala
1966-04-20
A rich young man named Ahmed falls in love with a poor girl called Farida, but he does not know that
Amira.. My Love
1975-01-07
Adel is a director of a company and is married to Nabila, the daughter of Medhat, the owner of the c
Shabab Magnoun Geddan
1967-09-25
Madiha, a student at the acting institute, is forced to disguise herself as a young man named Ismat
The Showgirl
1969-10-06
A group of stage actors who hate Ahmed Aluwi, the rich young man, starts attacking him in the magazi
The Game of Love and Marriage
1964-02-13
Ameria is shocked when she finds out her husband is cheating on her, so she decides to commit suicid
The Fear
1972-01-24
Souad departs from Suez, heading to Cairo, after losing her family in the 1967 war. There she meets
The Laughing Crime
1963-10-14
A comedy about a television director who gets provoked by his uncle to avenge his dead father, but h
Where Is My Mind ?
1974-01-02
Aida's marriage is tested by secrets and cultural clash. Starring Soad Hosny, Mahmoud Yassin and Rus
Past Love
1973-12-31
A wife is forced to marry a man she does not love, even though there is a love relationship between
The Headmaster Woman
1968-09-09
Hoda, a student in a boarding school, is neglected by her father at the behest of his wife. On her v
Sweet and Naughty
1968-03-25
A film producer who agrees with one of the directors to direct a movie, assigning the movie starring
Eve and the monkey
1968-03-04
Nadia is jealous of her husband in a satisfactory way, she discovers that he is in a relationship wi
Fire of Love
1968-01-01
Said (Hasssan Youssef) was a famous and successful horse races jokey and a loving and faithful husba
Fares Bani Hemdan
1966-03-09
Abu Firas al-Hamdani is a famous Arab poet from the princes of the Hamdani state, as he is known for
El talata yuhebbunaha
1965-10-18
The film tells about the girl, Iman, who deals with people in her free nature, so she watches as oft
El mughammerun el talata
1965-11-22
Three teenage friends spend their time on adventures and neglect their studies, they are asked to th
Al-Ozab Al-Thalatha
1964-02-13
Sherif, the lawyer, and his two friends, Raafat, the famous composer, and Sayed, the veterinarian, a
The Seven Daughters
1961-01-16
The story of an iron-willed man who looks after his seven daughters after the death of their mother,
The Teenagers
1964-04-20
First Love
1964-04-16
Muhammad fails to pass the diploma exam and does not care about his studies or success in his life,
Hekayet Gawaz
1964-10-18
On the night of the wedding of Mohamed (Shukry Sarhan) with Adela (Souad Hosny), a letter arrives to
The Little Charmer
1963-09-19
Haniyeh has not seen her father since childhood and therefore does not know how it looks and forced
Serr el hareba
1963-08-04
After Ismail’s father Ismail is killed, and his mother marries the owner of the company that his dea
Zizi's Family
1963-04-29
The everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in the
Shakawet banat
1963-04-29
Sons of Sheikh "Salem" the supervisor of "Mahmoud bek" farm succeeded in high school, So he decided
The Three Troublemakers
1962-01-29
Ahmed attends college while his friend Ramzi inherits a great legacy after the death of his father a
No Understanding
1961-12-11
Mr. Shehata is a family man who lives in Port Said with his tyrannical wife and their children. In a
H-3
1961-02-20
When a doctor invents a formula that can restore youth, the 80-year-old Abbas takes the new formula
Baba Ayez Keda
1968-07-29
Kamal is a shy young man who is involved with his classmate Nadia. As Nadia leaves for a few years w
Why Am I Living
1961-01-23
A good-hearted young man who's his family's sole source of financial support falls in love with his
Dearest Beloved
1961-04-03
The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking.
The Wedding Night
1966-05-25
Salwa falls in love with Adel, the carefree young man, but her mother rejects this relationship, pre
Gharamiat emaraa
1960-09-03
A beautiful woman looking for a rich husband but her greed causes her in problems .
3 Men and a Woman
1960-10-03
Samya is a girl who is on the look for her white knight. First, she falls for the anchor Ahmed but a
El dow' El khafet
1961-12-29
The student Nawal meets the writer Ahmed Sharaf El-Din, who is looking for a new face for a new film
Men Gheir Ma'ad
1962-12-10
Salwa (Soad Hosni) secretly loves Waheed (Mohamed Sultan) . While Waheed loves Nadia (Nadia Lotfy).
Ghosn Al-Zaytoun
1962-04-26
The film's events revolve around Abdo (Ahmed Mazhar), who works as a teacher in a girls' school inst
Money and Women
1960-11-27
Shehata is a committed employee in a private hospital. He lives with his daughter Nemat and his wife
اللقاء الثاني
1967-03-13
صراع مع الملائكة
1962-05-28
Afghanistan For What?
1984-01-01
The movie deals with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the struggle of the Afghan people agai
Mean yekdar al-aziza
1975-12-31
The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni
2011-07-10
This haunting and beautifully formed documentary is a meditation on the life of Egyptian screen lege