Thuraya Helmy
Date of birth: 1923-09-26
Place of birth: Egypt
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Souraya Helmy, Thoraya Helmy
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Farewell, Love
1956-10-29
Navy officer Wahid arrives in a military hospital, with a kidney failure, his days are numbered. The
Who's Done it ?
1944-01-21
Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latte
The Widow and The Devil
1984-02-26
The rich widow Hanan frequently visits the shop where Lubna works, which plans with her lover Atef t
Casino el latafa
1945-10-18
Aziza and Sharifa are two friends. They are married to the two friends, Aziz and Refaat. Aziza suspe
2 Against the law
1992-11-06
عفريت لكل مواطن
1988-06-16
The Bread Seller
1953-08-17
A husband dies,leaving his wife Khadija and their two children, Nemat and Sami behind. Khadija is a
The Hunger
1986-01-02
In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was impris
The Beggars' Strike
1967-01-30
A musical film that depicts the life of the Egyptian people under the rule of the English colonizer
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
Saedat El Rigal
1960-12-12
A singer who works in a nightclub, and seeks to retire from this world, meets a poor young man who f
Dalal Al-Masria
1970-11-23
Atiat is an orphan who grows up in a palace under the care of a wealthy woman. When the woman discov
Uncle Qandil's Scissors
1985-12-30
Qandil is the owner of a barbershop who is trusted by his neighbors to solve their problems. When he
Kilo 99
1956-06-18
The film revolves around a man working two jobs, a truck driver in the daytime, and an evening night
Call of blood
1943-10-18
Buthaina, Shawqi's secretary, refuses to marry him because she loves her relative Adel. This arouses
Good News
1952-04-07
Sanaa is the daughter of Mukhtar Pasha, a young woman who prefers to marry Susu Beek, one of the son
Believing in God
1952-03-11
As a gambling thief is chased by the police, he sells his infant child to his old girlfriend who pas
Dreams Inn
1970-01-01
Long live women!
1944-11-04
Three young men boycott their fiancées following a dispute between them and them, in an attempt to l
Alley of The Pestle
1963-09-21
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes pl
Earis Alhina
1944-04-24
Wadi'a is forced to marry a rich man, and she tells her husband that she accepted him for his money.
My Wife's Dignity
1967-09-18
Mahmoud spends all his time chasing women. As he tries to approach his colleague, she rejects him un
Tar Bayet
1955-05-23
A dispute arises between two brothers over a piece of land, and this dispute stands in the way of ma
Your luck this week
1953-01-26
The film talks about luck begins with the wealthy son who embezzles from the mother of a large amoun
Halal Aleik
1952-12-01
In a dramatic drama, the film revolves around a wealthy person who dies and leaves a will to the fam
The Two Orphans
1948-11-08
On his way home one day, Morsi finds a child at the side of a road. He feels sorry for her, and take
Love In The Darkness
1953-06-08
Neamat lives with her father and sister, while their neighbor Ahmed lives with his criminal brother
Wives factory
1941-10-09
Fadel and his colleagues Aziz and Hamdi are trying to make their way in life, and they hold advanced
Lokanda Alfardos
1964-07-08
Abd al-Tajtali Sulayt, a compulsory teacher from the village, goes to Locanda al-Firdaws after he wa
The Black Market
1945-01-02
A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador mercha
Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts
1952-01-01
Ismail Yassin and his relatives have to spend a month living in a haunted house in order to collect
Elsetat Afaret
1948-01-15
In a light comedy, the film revolves around a couple whose lives change from happiness to daily suff
Owner of Few Piasters
1949-09-26
The three sisters ,Siham, Nabila, Sannia inherit from their late uncle an amount of only five hundre
Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina
1955-03-21
A young man discovers that his fiancée goes to a gang that kills women and steals their jewelry. He
Love Has No Cure
1952-03-20
Latif and Khafif are two friends who work together, but they get fired after making a mistake. Latif
Love Humiliates
1952-02-21
Three girls work in a nightclub, are in a relationship with three men working there. One of them is
The Barefoot Millionaire
1987-01-01
A beautiful pickpocket works with a gang to steal jewelry. During one of the gang's operations, the
Hanan
1944-09-11
(Hassan), the simple contractor, lives a happy life with his wife (Amina) and his daughter (Laila).
Laylat Al-Jumea
1945-03-26
Uncle Abdel Fattah forces his nephew Anwar to marry so that he does not deprive him of the inheritan
The Fifth Groom
1942-12-04
Four greedy men are trying to win over Bahira Hanem. So she pretends to be poor to test the fifth ma
El Zuhur El Fatina
1952-08-28
Aziza is a mother of two girls who lives in an alley near the citadel. One of the girls is ambitious
Hokm Elqawi
1951-02-27
Medhat and Kassem are partners who find themselves at odds when Kassem first dissolves their partner
Ana bint Nass
1951-08-13
A delicate girl grows up with a poor family despite her wealthy origins. She marries a guy who sympa
Banat Al-Lail
1955-03-21
Naamit was a young girl live with her parents her dad was poor man and her mother love money so her
Shahr aleasal
1945-10-01
Hanaa is a beautiful girl who is forced to accept her heavy fiancé. A misunderstanding occurs when F
The Life of Darkness
1940-03-01
A middle-class family. The son gets a law degree and wants his son to be a lawyer, but the son wants
I Love You Only
1949-01-03
Munir, a singer and telegraph employee, tries to realize his dreams as an artist and falls in love w
Foreign Talk
1984-01-01
Morsi is trying to do the impossible in order to find a way to reach Adel, who disappeared 15 years
If I Was Rich
1942-11-26
A poor man suddenly gets rich when he receives big inheritance.
The worker
1943-02-04
Al-Asti Ahmed works as a worker in one of the major factories. He is a staunch defender of workers’
Tears of joy
1950-01-01
Ahmed Alawi is a painter whose father dies, and creditors seize his property to pay off the debt. He
Baghdad's Barber
1954-01-01
The film revolves around a barber in Baghdad who tells his customers about his great-grandfather. He
Festival of love
1958-02-20
Drunk and boarding a ship to Beirut, Sambuksa, a young artist, falls for Najwa, the daughter of the