Samia Gamal

Samia Gamal

Born: May 27, 1924
Died: December 1, 1994
in Bani Swaif, Egypt
Samia Gamal was born on May 27, 1924 in Bani Swaif, Egypt as Zeinab Ali Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz. Her career began with "Badia Masabni" band where she was involved in dancing in groups, and in 1943 began working in the field of cinema where she formed a successful dual team with the artist "Farid al-Atrash" in several movies and did the most famous dances with him. Her dance was characterized by combining Eastern dancing and Western dances, as Samia Gamal focused in her dance on providing a state of fascination for the spectators through clothing, music, and lighting, She is known for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954), Little Miss Devil (1949) and Sigarah wa kas (1955).

She was married to Rushdy Abaz and died on December 1, 1994 in Cairo, Egypt.

Movies for Samia Gamal...

Like A Matchstick
Title: Like A Matchstick
Released: August 24, 2016
Type: Movie
A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.
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The Legends of Belly Dance 1947-1976
Title: The Legends of Belly Dance 1947-1976
Character: herself
Released: April 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A collection of 16 classic performances by the most prominent Egyptian belly dancers of the 20th century. The selections are from appearances in movies and other shows over a 30 year period.
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Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Title: Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Released: August 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Naim, who decides to take revenge on Narges' widow, Wasfi, who caused him to be imprisoned, so he makes an agreement with Dalal in order to plan to seize Narcissus’s money. Her money to him, but he discovers it's not easy at all.
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Zero hour
Title: Zero hour
Released: January 24, 1972
Type: Movie
(Saif) A police officer chases gangs smuggling gems out, and during one of the chases a gang member is killed, tried, and dismissed from servants. The (Murad) gang asks him to work with him and he agrees, and he goes to Lebanon to complete a deal, and the process is completed. The gang is suspicious of (Saif) and that he is still working with the police, kidnapping his son as a hostage, to carry out one of the currency exchange operations for the gang, and the events continue in an exciting atmosphere.
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Chakawet rejala
Title: Chakawet rejala
Released: April 20, 1966
Type: Movie
A rich young man named Ahmed falls in love with a poor girl called Farida, but he does not know that she is poor. To make a plan to present it to his family by hiring a group of compars to reunite the personalities of the wealthy unique family.
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Alley of The Pestle
Title: Alley of The Pestle
Character: Shukriya
Released: September 21, 1963
Type: Movie
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
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The Way Of The Devil
Title: The Way Of The Devil
Character: Samiah
Released: June 2, 1963
Type: Movie
Two gamblers living a prosperous but lustful life where money has replaced morals. However, their lives change after an unexpected meeting with a belly dancer.
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Tariq Al Shaitan
Title: Tariq Al Shaitan
Released: June 2, 1963
Type: Movie
Two friends, Ahmed and Hassan, meet a dancer who hates her job. As she moves in with Ahmed and Hassan, Ahmed starts to fall for her, just as Hassan falls for Mahasen who also moves in with them. The four search for honest jobs.
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Waada el hub
Title: Waada el hub
Released: January 2, 1961
Type: Movie
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Abu Al-layl
Title: Abu Al-layl
Released: December 26, 1960
Type: Movie
(Abu Al-Layl) is a mysterious person who wears a mask on his face and no one knows who he is. He moves with a dog and completely controls the people of a town, and makes them carry out what he orders them to do whatever it is, because of their intense fear of him and the only one who can communicate with (Abu Al-Layl) whenever she wants She is (Duha) because of an affair between them, and (Ahmed) tries to do everything in his power to find out who (Abu Al-Layl) is and rid the town of its evils.
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Sukkar Hanem
Title: Sukkar Hanem
Character: Laila
Released: May 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Nabil (Kamal al-Shennawi) and Farid (Omar Hariri) demand that "sugar" (Abdel Moneim Ibrahim) masquerade as a woman and pretend in front of people that she is the aunt of Farid Fatafeet al-Sukkar, so that they can call their granules home, The trick turns into a problem when Fred's real aunt returns
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They're Driving Me Crazy
Title: They're Driving Me Crazy
Character: أنغام
Released: February 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Ismail sends his sick son and wife to Alexandria and continues his work with the movie star Sawsan as a hairdresser. As Sawsan reports her lover Abbas to the police after a dispute with him, Ismail comes to her house and discovers her body.
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Every Beat of My Heart
Title: Every Beat of My Heart
Released: February 9, 1959
Type: Movie
A singer (Muhammad Fawzi) tries to win the affections of a dancer (Samiya Gamal) after their autos collide.
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Al Ragul Al Thani
Title: Al Ragul Al Thani
Released: January 2, 1959
Type: Movie
Esmat Kazem runs a smuggling operation between Egypt and Lebanon, using his cabaret in Cairo as a front. Ibrahim, the smuggling ring's operative in Beirut, is murdered over a dispute with Esmat. The police relay the news of the murder to Ibrahim's sister Lamia, a former singer at Esmat's cabaret and an old flame of Esmat's. When she learns of her brother's death, she decides to avenge her brother's murder by co-operating with the police and bringing down Esmat's smuggling ring.
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Rendezvous with a Stranger
Title: Rendezvous with a Stranger
Character: Nana
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A classic Egyptian film noir starring Omar Sharif who is trying to find out the mysterious circumstances under which his brother was killed. This gem also features the belly dancer Samia Gamal and features some of her famous exotic dancing tableaux.
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Habibi El Asmar
Title: Habibi El Asmar
Released: June 26, 1958
Type: Movie
A poor girl leaves her fiancé, who works as a mechanic, and be friends a famous dancer, because she loves to dance. A wealthy man admires her, and the dancer persuades the girl to accept his offer of marriage because he will give her fame and glory, but her former fiancé decides to have revenge.
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Desert Warrior
Title: Desert Warrior
Released: October 31, 1957
Type: Movie
Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.
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Gharam El Millionaire
Title: Gharam El Millionaire
Character: Salwa
Released: February 18, 1957
Type: Movie
The events revolve around the dancer Salwa, who is considered the first star of the performance troupe she works with. A rumor spreads about Salwa’s relationship with a well-known millionaire, and the troupe director seeks to take advantage of that rumor to achieve more profit, and events escalate.
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Le masque de Toutankhamon
Title: Le masque de Toutankhamon
Released: May 18, 1956
Type: Movie
Exotic vehicle for the singer-dancer-model-actress Dalida, winner of the Miss Egypt beauty contest of 1954, who the French painter-director Gastyne discovered.
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Awal Ghram
Title: Awal Ghram
Released: March 26, 1956
Type: Movie
A quarrel occurs between Sania (the first dancer in the band) and the band director, who decides to cancel the contract and give singer Zainab the chance to star, but the band’s first singer refuses to appear in front of her. Zainab suggests that her beloved singer Salah appear in front of her, and he actually succeeds. Hatreds are born in Sania’s heart, so she throws With her network around Salah, she convinces him that Zainab is in a relationship with the director. The director again seeks the help of Saniya, but Zainab discovers the truth and ends with a surprise.
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A Glass and a Cigarette
Title: A Glass and a Cigarette
Character: Hoda Gamal
Released: September 11, 1955
Type: Movie
Hoda is a famous dancer who gives up the spotlight to marry and start a family with Mamdouh, a handsome young doctor who is just beginning his career. When Mamdouh's scheming Italian head nurse Yolanda sets her sights on Mamdouh, Hoda's jealousy drives her to drink, ultimately endangering everything she holds dear.
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Title: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Character: Morgiane
Released: December 24, 1954
Type: Movie
A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.
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Valley of the Kings
Title: Valley of the Kings
Character: Dancer
Released: July 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.
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Raqsat Al Wadah
Title: Raqsat Al Wadah
Released: April 26, 1954
Type: Movie
A poor maid loves her wealthy young master and she becomes pregnant. The head of the family seeks to make her marry a lawless man to give the newborn girl his name. Time passes and the girl becomes a dancer in nightclubs, and falls in love with a wealthy young man who knows who is her real father .
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The Beast
Title: The Beast
Character: Dancer Naasana
Released: March 5, 1954
Type: Movie
Abdel Sabour was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.
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Lady Pickpocket
Title: Lady Pickpocket
Character: Reisha/Balabel
Released: March 21, 1953
Type: Movie
A girl who is placed by circumstances in corrupt circumstances, learns the craft of pickpocketing, joins a gang that exploits her work, and after a period of narrowing the life of corruption and hate being in this gang
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Night Train
Title: Night Train
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
Adel and Samia are in love, but her father is in financial trouble , when Adel decides to intervene to repay the man's debts he gets in an accident and wakes up to find his sweetheart has married someone else.
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Don't Tell Anybody
Title: Don't Tell Anybody
Character: Welaa
Released: February 21, 1952
Type: Movie
The film's events revolve around the singer Farid, who is in love with one of the dancers, who decides to travel on an artistic tour. He proposes to her to marry her after she returns from the travel, but he falls under psychological pressure that forces him to marry another girl who also works as a singer. After the dancer returns from the travel, she discovers something... Her lover's marriage, so she leaves him, but later she discovers that things are not as they seem, and that the singer's uncle loves the dancer and wants to marry her.
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khad aljamil
Title: khad aljamil
Released: October 7, 1951
Type: Movie
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Come and Greet
Title: Come and Greet
Character: Sokkara
Released: September 3, 1951
Type: Movie
An Egyptian romantic comedy film produced in 1951, the story and dialogue of Abu al-Saud al-Abiari and directed by Helmi Rafla and starring Farid al-Atrash, Samia Jamal, Ismail Yassin, Abdel Salam al-Nabulsi, Abdul Fattah al-Qasri and Farid Shawqi.
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The Hawk
Title: The Hawk
Released: December 31, 1950
Type: Movie
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Set Elhosn
Title: Set Elhosn
Released: December 25, 1950
Type: Movie
In two imaginary states consumed by wars, the kings decide to resort to affinity to avoid wars. On the way, the king's son escapes from his guards, but he meets his awaited bride, Set Elhosn , without knowing who she is. He falls in love with her while trying to escape the marriage.
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The Last Lie
Title: The Last Lie
Character: Samira
Released: November 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Samir is a singer living happily with his jealous wife Samira. However, His ex-girlfriend Kiki wants to relive their relationship again, but he refuses because he is afraid of Samira's violent reaction. Kiki seeks the help of an Indian Maharaja and asks him to force Samir to attend her birthday party, he then sends his men to do the job. Samir feels intimidated during the celebration and accidently breaks Kiki's pearl necklace which she borrowed from the Maharaja. He promises her to fix it and puts it in his pocket, but becomes drunk and loses consciousness.
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Amir El Entikam
Title: Amir El Entikam
Character: Zumrada
Released: October 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
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Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady
Title: Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady
Character: Kahramana / Semsema
Released: November 28, 1949
Type: Movie
The fortunes of down-on-his-luck crooner Asfour (Farid Al Atrache) change overnight when he discovers a mysterious lamp housing a charming genie (Samia Gamal) in this sweet comedy. She can make anything he wishes come true, so he asks for help in luring his distracted girlfriend from the charms of a rich competitor. But Asfour soon learns he should be careful what to wish for, as he soon realizes his heart may lie elsewhere.
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Holidays in Hell
Title: Holidays in Hell
Released: September 5, 1949
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves joined the band of thieves, but proved their failure. The gang put them in the shovels and threw them on the road. They decided after this incident to form a gang of their own, to begin their work in the shack of the rams in Luxor. The stylist (Estefan Rusti) swims the character of Count San Stefano, a biker tourist gambler. The monologist (Ismail Yassin) becomes Hassan Shata, a merchant of false antiques. The watchmaker (Hassan Fayek) is Dr. Abdul Shaf, a specialist in diseases of rheumatism, liver and stomach. The banker (Sharafnat) becomes Khan, an Indian man who specializes in reading the horoscope, and later joined by Samia Hanem the dancer (Samia Jamal).
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It's You I Love
Title: It's You I Love
Character: Nadia
Released: January 3, 1949
Type: Movie
Munir, a singer and telegraph employee, tries to realize his dreams as an artist and falls in love with dancer Nadia.
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صاحبة العمارة
Title: صاحبة العمارة
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
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The Love of My Life
Title: The Love of My Life
Character: Toutah
Released: March 16, 1947
Type: Movie
Mamdouh travels to Cairo to realize his dreams as a singer. There, he falls in love with a dancer who leaves him in search of a better future.
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Red Lipstick
Title: Red Lipstick
Character: قمر
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Directed by Wali Eddine Sameh.
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Cuteness casino
Title: Cuteness casino
Released: October 18, 1945
Type: Movie
Aziza and Sharifa are two friends. They are married to the two friends, Aziz and Refaat. Aziza suspects her husband's behavior, and her friend supports this suspicion. They concoct a plan. Sharifa sends an unsigned love letter to Aziz Pasha and sets him up on a date in the casino.
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البني آدم
Title: البني آدم
Released: October 15, 1945
Type: Movie
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my daughter
Title: my daughter
Released: April 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Nahid's husband squanders his wife's money on his mistress, and after his wife's wealth is lost, he begins to embezzle from his business's money, until his matter is exposed and he is imprisoned while Nahid is pregnant with his child. When Nahid gives birth to her baby girl, Hazem Bey's wife happens to give birth to a girl, but the nurse tells Nahid that there is a baby girl. Hazem Bey has died, so Nahid asks the nurse to replace her daughter with Hazem’s daughter.
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A Bullet in the Heart
Title: A Bullet in the Heart
Released: March 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Muhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play.
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Who's Done it ?
Title: Who's Done it ?
Character: Dancer
Released: January 21, 1944
Type: Movie
Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.
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man fat qadimah
Title: man fat qadimah
Released: January 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Akl Pasha intends to get married after the death of his wife. His young son tries to dissuade him from this idea, but he fails. So the father contracts the marriage with a beautiful young girl. The girl tries to persuade him to appoint her father to the position of an engineer, while her father does not know how to read and write. He tries to evade the request. Strangely enough, but the girl insists, so he has no choice but to present the request to the Board of Directors. Who mocks him and ridicules the request, which drives (Aqal) Pasha into depression and retirement in the estate.
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The Victory of Youth
Title: The Victory of Youth
Released: January 2, 1941
Type: Movie
Waheed, the young composer, struggles with his sister, the singer Nadia, to make a living. They find work in one of the nightclubs, but the manager expels them because Nadia refuses to sit with the patrons. They suffer from torment and homelessness. Nadia falls in love with the wealthy Mohi, who agrees to marry her, but his mother opposes. As for Waheed, He also loves a rich girl and agrees with her brother to marry her. Mohi marries Nadia without caring about his mother, and Waheed succeeds in presenting the operetta he dreamed of directing.
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The Next-Door Girl
Title: The Next-Door Girl
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A drug dealer in love with university student Ikhlas resorts to taking revenge when she refuses to marry him because of her love for Omar.