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Faten Hamama

1931 - 2015

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Faten Ahmed Hamama (Arabic: فاتن حمامة, pronounced [ˈfæːten ħæˈmæːmæ] ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven years old. Her earliest roles were minor, but her activity and gradual success helped to establish her as a distinguished Egyptian actress. Later revered as an icon in Egyptian cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Faten Hamama is the 628th most popular actor (down from 509th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 165th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Actor.

Faten Hamama is most famous for her roles in the Egyptian movies "Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra" and "Al-Bab Al-Maftouh."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Faten Hamama ranks 628 out of 13,578. Before her are Ken Watanabe, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeffrey Wright, Michèle Morgan, Ingrid Thulin, and Dick Clark. After her are Halle Berry, Lance Henriksen, Cornel Wilde, Morgan Fairchild, Meg Ryan, and Forest Whitaker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Faten Hamama ranks 63. Before her are Caterina Valente, Takashi Takabayashi, Jim Jones, Richard Rorty, Hiroto Muraoka, and John Robert Schrieffer. After her are Ettore Scola, Syukuro Manabe, Lucia Bosè, Arawa Kimura, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Jacques Demy. Among people deceased in 2015, Faten Hamama ranks 52. Before her are René Girard, Günter Schabowski, Yitzhak Navon, Yevgeny Primakov, Boris Nemtsov, and Frei Otto. After her are Mathieu Kérékou, Diana Douglas, James Horner, Michele Ferrero, Chantal Akerman, and Udo Lattek.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Faten Hamama ranks 182 out of 642. Before her are Mentuhotep I (-2200), Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep (-1800), Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853), Ptolemy XI Alexander II (-100), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), and Senenmut (-1600). After her are Sanakht (-2700), Amyrtaeus (-450), Mohamed Atta (1968), Al-Muazzam Turanshah (1250), Saadia Gaon (882), and Al-Mutawakkil III (1500).

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Among ACTORS In Egypt

Among actors born in Egypt, Faten Hamama ranks 2. Before her are Omar Sharif (1932). After her are Marika Rökk (1913), Adel Emam (1940), Soad Hosny (1943), Shadia (1931), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Hind Rostom (1929), Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Nadia Gamal (1937), Mena Massoud (1991), and Julian Fellowes (1949).

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