Faten Hamama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Faten Hamama

Egyptian actress and producer

Date of Birth: 27-May-1931

Place of Birth: Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 17-Jan-2015

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film producer, film actor

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Faten Hamama (Arabic: ???? ?????? pronounced ['fæ?ten hæ'mæ?mæ] (listen); 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 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 and Middle Eastern cinema, Hamama substantially helped in improving the cinema industry in Egypt and emphasizing the importance of women in cinema and Egyptian society.After a seven-year hiatus from acting, Hamama returned in 2000 in what was a much anticipated television miniseries, Wageh El Amar (??? ?????, Face of the Moon).
In 2000, she was selected as Star of the Century by the Egyptian Writers and Critics organization.
In 2007, eight of the films she starred in were included in the top 100 films in the history of Egyptian cinema by the cinema committee of the Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo.