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Yahia Shaheen

Name in Native Language: "يحيى شاهين" (Arabic/AR)
Actor | * 07/28/1917 († 76, 03/18/1994) | Imbaba (Egypt)
Yehia Chahine (Arabic: يحيى شاهين, Yeḥyā Shāheen) (28 July 1917 – 18 March 1994) was an Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theatre. He is most notable for his role in the Egyptian Cinema's film adaptations of the Cairo Trilogy, a trilogy written by the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz. ()

Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film.He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love).Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994.

Photo of Yahia Shaheen
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | War
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Movies with Yahia Shaheen as Actor(33)

as ناصف الليثي1988 All that Love
as British Ambassador1979 Alexandria… Why?
as Abdelrahman1979 Al-Shakk ya Habibi
as Salah1972 the barrier
as Al Shaikh Ibrahim1969 A Taste of Fear
as Hassuna1969 The Land
as Mahmoud Salem1968 Rawaat El Hob
as Safar1964 Son of Cleopatra
as Abbas1958 The Female Boss
as Ahmed Lutfy1957 Sleepless
as Doctor Khaled1957 Where Did My Life Go?
as Mamdouh1954 Pity My Tears
1953 Moamara
as بلال بن رباح1953 Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1952 Zeinab
1950 Elham
as Mahmoud1947 Solomon's Ring
1945 Salamah

Citizenship: Egypt
Born: Saturday, 07/28 1917 (July) in Imbaba (Egypt)
Died: Friday, 03/18 1994 (March) in Egypt (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Arabic (AR), Egyptian Arabic
Other names for Yahia Shaheen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"يحيى شاهين"
"يحيي شاهين"
"Yehia Chahine"
Yahia Shaheen frequently works together with these people:
Youssef Chahine (9x, Crew)
Mahmoud el-Meliguy (9x, Actor)
Serag Mounir (6x, Actor)
Fouad El-Zahry (6x, Crew)
Rushdy Abaza (5x, Actor)
Salah Abu Seif (5x, Crew)
Naguib Mahfouz (5x, Crew)
Magda ElSabahi (5x, Actress)
Abdelhalim Nasr (4x, Crew)
Nadia Lotfi (3x, Actress)
Anacleto Fontini (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:192440, Added: 07/17/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024