Rushdy Abaza
Rushdy Saeed Baghdadi Abaza was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous. He died of brain cancer at the age of 53.
Rushdy Abaza is "widely considered one of the greatest names in the history of Arab cinema", with no less than 150 movies to his name.
Family
Rushdy Abaza was born in Sharqia, Egypt, to an Italian mother, Teresa Luigi, and an Egyptian father, Saïd Abaza, belonging to one of Egypt's most well-known families, the Abaza family, who are of maternal-Circassian heritage. He had difficulty at the start because " was not allowed in... aristocratic family...and his father and the entire Abaza family strongly objected... he insisted."He is the best known Abaza family member and a household name in the Arab world due to the number of films he acted in that remain popular throughout the Arab world.
Rushdy attended school at Collège Saint Marc in Alexandria. From his father's side he had three half-sisters, Ragaa, Mounira, Zeinab and one half-brother, Fekri. From his mother's side, he had one half-brother, Hamed. His only child is a daughter, Qismat.
Marriages
- Tahiya Karioka, Egyptian actress and dancer
- Barbara, American mother of his only child, Qismat
- Samia Gamal, famous Egyptian dancer
- Sabah, famous Lebanese singer
- Nabila Abaza
Filmography
He appeared in more than 100 films from 1948 until 1980; the year of his death.1948
- El-Millionaira El-Saghira
- Zou El-Waghein
- Emraa Menn Nar
- Awlad El shareh
- Amina
- El-Osta Hassan
- El-Montasser
- Awladi
- Shamm El-Nesseem
- Mouamara
- Valley of the Kings - Robed Man
- Gaaluni Mogremann
- Erham Domouie
- Fortune carrée
- Enni Rahhela
- Hayah Aw Moot
- Bahr Elgharam
- Arayess Fel-Mazad
- Mawed Gharam
- The Ten Commandments
- Dalila
- Mann al-Qattel?
- Ezzay Ansak
- Ismaeel Yassin fel-Boliss
- Bahr al-Gharam
- Tamr Henna - Hassan
- Rodda Qalbi
- La Anam - Samir
- Port Said
- Lan Abki Abadan
- Jamila, the Algerian - Bigeard
- Toggar al-Moat - Ra'oof
- Tareeq al-Ammal
- Soultan
- Emraa fel-Tareeq
- Qoloob al-Azara
- Seraa Fel-Nil
- Samraa Sina
- Rehla ilal kamar
- Maleesh Gherak - Fathi
- Katia tarik
- Bafakkar Felli Nassini
- Ana Baree'a
- Qatte' Tareeq
- Malaak wa Shaytan - Ezzat
- Ana wa Ommi
- Al-Moraheqat - Adel
- Ya Habeebi
- Nehayat al-Tareeq
- Mufattesh al-Mabaheth
- Leqaa Fil-Ghoroob
- Kholkhal Habeebi
- Al-Raggol al-Thani
- Wa Islamah - Prince Baybars
- Qalb Fi Zalam
- Hob wa Herman
- He Talata - Kamal
- Fi baitina rajul - Abd El-Hamid
- Bela Awdah
- Al zouga talattashar
- Helwa wa kaddaba
- Sett el-Banat
- Ah Menn Hawwa
- Shahidat al-Hob al-Elahi
- La Waqt lel-Hob
- Aroos al-Nil - Sami Fouad
- Tareeq al-Shaytan
- Al-Saherra al-Saghira - Essmat el daramaly
- Al-Maganin Fi Naeem
- Amirat el Arab
- Al-Tareeq - Saber
- Fatat shaza
- Al-Shayatin al-Talata - Saadawy
- Al badawia fi Paris
- Ganab al-Safeer - Ahmed Kanaan
- Addow Al-Maraa - Essa
- Zawga Menn Paris
- Shaqqet Al-Talabba - Saad Selim
- Saghira Ala Al-Hob - Kamal
- Mabka el oshak
- Howa wal-Nessaa
- Guanab el safir
- Al-Moshagheboon - Amin
- Shaqawet Reggala
- Mawwal
- Gareema fil-Hayy al-Hadi - Ahmed Ezzat
- Endama Nohheb - Ahmed
- Al-Aib - Mohamed El-Guindy
- Al-Qobla al-Akhira - Samy, The Director
- Raw'at el-Hob - Ahmed Ragab
- Hawwaa ala al-Tareeq - Khaled
- Al-Massageen al-Thalatha - Mr. Joe
- Baba Ayez Keda - Kamal
- El Shoug'an el Thalatha
- Nos Sa'a Gawaz
- Ghoroob wa Shorouq - Essam
- Al-Hob al-Daaie
- Al-Sarab - Dr.Amin
- Al-Ashrar
- Nar al-Shouq
- Zawga le-Khamsat Regal
- Shay' fi Sadri
- Ebnati al-Aziza - Sherif
- Emraa wa Raggol
- Emraa le-Koll al-Regal - Zaki
- Saaett al-Sefr - Hussein
- Hekayti Maa Al-Zaman
- Ayna Aqli - Zohdi
- Youm al-Ahad al-Damy
- Oreedo Hallan
- Hobi al awal wa al akhir
- Abadan Lann Aaoud
- Tawheeda
- A world of children - Helmi Abdulqader
- Al Domo Fe Ouyon Dhahekah
- Ah Ya Leil Ya Zamman
- Wa Daa al-Omr Ya Waladi
- Al-Qadi wal-Gallaad
- Le-Mann Toshreq al-Shams
- Daerrat al-Shakk
- Azkeyaa Lakken Aghbeyaa - Hamdi