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Zubaida Tharwat

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Zubaida Tharwat
زبيدة ثروت
Tharwat in 1973
Born
Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat

(1940-06-15)15 June 1940
Died13 December 2016(2016-12-13) (aged 76)
NationalityEgyptian
Other names"the most beautiful eyes in classic Egyptian cinema"
EducationUniversity of Alexandria
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1985
Spouses
Ihab El-Ghazawi
(divorced)
Sobhi Farhat
(divorced)
Mohamed Ismail
(divorced)
Omar Nagi
(divorced)
Children4

Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat (Arabic: زبيدة أحمد ثروت) (15 June 1940 – 13 December 2016), was an Egyptian film, stage and television actress who was known as "the most beautiful eyes in classic Egyptian cinema".

Tharwat started her acting career in 1956, and quickly she rose to stardom in Egypt. After six years hiatus in the 1960s, she returned to acting in 1969. She was known for her notable films; Inni Attahim (1960), There is A Man in Our House (1961), How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1969), The Other Man (1973), and The Guilty (1975).

Early life

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Zubaida was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 15 June 1940, into an Egyptian family. Her father, Ahmed Tharwat, was an Egyptian Navy officer. As a teenager, she won a beauty contest in an Egyptian teen magazine which widely published her photograph and got her the attention of directors and producers. She studied at the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University.

Career

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In 1955, after winning the beauty contest of El-Geel magazine, she made her first film appearance in the 1956 film Dalila, alongside Shadia and Abdel Halim Hafez. She went on to work in many other films with other famous actors such as; Youssef Wahbi, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza, Kamal el-Shennawi, Soad Hosny and Omar Sharif.

Zubaida Tharwat in the late 1950s

Tharwat appeared in the 1950s, 60's and 70's films, her notable roles include; Women in My Life (1957) by Fatin Abdel Wahab, The Little Angel (1957) with Youssef Wahbi and Yehia Chahine, Girl 17 (1958) with Ahmed Ramzy, Inni Attahim (1960) with Salah Zulfikar and directed by Hassan El-Imam. In 1961, she starred alongside Omar Sharif in There is a Man in our House (1961) by Henry Barakat. In the same year, she starred alongside Abdel Halim Hafez in Youm Min Omry (1961), the film was a huge success.

After seven years hiatus from films, from 1962 to 1969, she returned in A Jealous Wife (1969) by Helmy Rafla, followed by How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1969). Next year, she co-starred alongside Soad Hosny and Rushdy Abaza in El-Hob El-Daea' (1970), followed Me, My Wife and the Secretary (1970). In 1973, she appeared alongside box-office star Salah Zulfikar in Al-Rajul Al-Akhar (1973) and the film was a box-office success. She also starred alongside Farid Al-Atrash in Zaman Ya Hub (1973), and Al-Mothneboon (1975) among other works on stage such as; Ana we Heya we mrati (1987).

Zubaida Tharwat with Salah Zulfikar in Inni Attahim (1960)

The last work in which she participated was a play; A Very Happy Family with Amin El-Hunaidi and El-Muntaser Billah, written and directed by El Sayed Badir. She also starred in the play 20 Chickens and a Rooster and decided to retire in the late 1980s. During her career, she was given many nicknames such as "The Pussycat of Arabic Cinema", "Magic Eyes" and "The Queen of Romance".

Personal life

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Tharwat had 3 siblings, including her twin sister Hikmet. She got married five times, her first marriage was in 1960 to an officer in the Egyptian Navy named Ihab El-Ghazawi, then the Syrian producer Sobhi Farhat, with whom she gave birth to her four daughters. Her third husband was Mohamed Ismail. Tharwat's last husband, the actor Omar Nagi, which was her last marriage.[citation needed]

Zubaida Tharwat in 1975

She stated in her last interview that she did not know that Abdel Halim Hafez had proposed to her, he asked to marry just after her second marriage, and she recommended that she be buried next to him after she dies. After retiring from films, she made the decision to migrate to the United States, and lived there for a while, but eventually returned to Egypt and died at the age of 76 in Cairo after a long battle with cancer and aging-associated diseases.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Zubaida Tharwat and Shadia in Dalila (1956)
Zubaida Tharwat with Salah Zulfikar in Al-Rajul Al-Akhar (1973)

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1956 Dalila
1956 Hekayt 3 Banat Shahira
1957 El-Malak el-Sagheir Doha
1957 Nessa' fi Hayati Sanaa'
1958 Bent 17 Safaa'
1959 A'ashat lelhob Zeinab
1959 Shams La Tagheeb Soha
1959 Ehtrsi mn el-Hob Laila
1960 Inni attahem Naemat
1961 Yum mn omri Nadya
1961 Nesf Azraa' Zeinab
1961 Fi Baituna Ragol Nawaaal
1962 Salwa fi mahab el-reeh Salwa
1969 Zawga Ghayoora Gedan Fatma
1969 Kaifa ttakhalas mn zawgatak Fatma
1970 El-Hob El-Daea' Samya
1970 Ana we Zawgti we el-Sekrtera
1971 Hadest Sharaf
1973 Shams w Dabab
1973 Zaman Ya Hob Abeer
1973 Al-Rajul Al-Akhar
1974 Al-Ahdan Al-Dafe'a Madiha
1975 Habebe Magnon Gdn
1975 El-Mothneboon Mona
1975 La Shy' yohem
1976 El-Hob el-Haram Aydaa
1976 Lkaa' Honak Laila
1977 Zahret el-Banafseg Hayaat

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
1977 Shahrzad we 8 staat
1977 20 Farkha we deek
1980 8 staat
1985 Aaa'ela Sa'eeda Gedaan
1987 Ana we Heya we mrati
1987 Meen Ye'dar ala reem

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 Wafaa' Belaa Nhaaya

References

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