Thuraya 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.

Known For

Farewell, Love
Farewell, Love
The Widow and The Devil
The Widow and The Devil
Who's Done it ?
Who's Done it ?
Casino el latafa
Casino el latafa
عفريت لكل مواطن
عفريت لكل مواطن
The Bread Seller
The Bread Seller
The Hunger
The Hunger
The Beggars' Strike
The Beggars' Strike
Meeting at the Tower
Meeting at the Tower

Filmography

1992 2 Against the law
as
1988 عفريت لكل مواطن
as
1987 The Barefoot Millionaire
as Afkar
1986 The Hunger
as خاله حليمه
1985 Uncle Qandil's Scissors
as
1985 He and She Stories
as
1984 The Widow and The Devil
as
1984 Foreign Talk
as
1970 Dalal Al-Masria
as Dandash
1970 Dreams Inn
as
1967 My Wife's Dignity
as
1967 The Beggars' Strike
as
1964 Lokanda Alfardos
as
1963 Alley of The Pestle
as Hosnia
1962 Meeting at the Tower
as
1960 Saedat El Rigal
as راقصة
1956 Farewell, Love
as Thurya
1956 Kilo 99
as
1955 Tar Bayet
as
1955 Ismail Yassine Yukabel Raya Wa Sekina
as Nono