Madiha Kamel

Born

August 3, 1948

Died

January 13, 1997 · age 48

From

Alexandria, Egypt

An Egyptian actor who was born in Alexandria and has moved to Cairo 1963 where she joined Al-Saneyya secondary school for girls in Sayyeda Zeinab (popular district of Cairo). She studied at the faculty of Arts and meanwhile worked in films and as fashion model. She traveled to Lebanon to work in some films. On stage Madeeha participated in a number of plays; “Hello Shalaby”, “Helw al-kalaam i.e. Sweet talk”. Although Madeeha has had important roles like her role in “O’youn la tanaam i.e. Sleepless eyes”, yet she had to wait for ten year before jumping into stardom after her role in “Al-So’ouud ilal-haaweya i.e. The ascent to the abyss”. She was married three times. Her first marriage was to businessman Mahmoud al-Rayyes, father of her only daughter Mirhan. She also married film director Shereef Hammouda. She then married a lawyer and quit acting even before finishing her last film “Bawwaabat Eblees i.e. Devil’s gate”.