Fatiha Berber

Born: 1945-02-11

Fatiha Berber (in Arabic: فتيحة بربار), real name Fatiha Belal (in Arabic: فتيحة بلال), born February 11, 1945 in the Casbah of Algiers in Algeria and died January 16, 2015 in Noisy-le-Sec, is an Algerian actress of theater, cinema and television. She began her artistic career very young with singing and dancing. Fascinated by the shows of Mahieddine Bachtarzi which she often followed with her parents, which led her on the path to the Algiers conservatory towards the end of the 1950s. In 1959, she began in the orchestra of Meriem Fekkaï before to join, a few months later, the Algiers Conservatory in the Dramatic Art section. The actress will also participate in the national liberation struggle. At independence Fatiha Berber returned to art and played in Les Femmes savantes, by director Mustapha Gribi, in 1959, an adaptation of Molière's work. We will next see her in “Ah Ya Hassen” and “Les Concierges” by Rouiched as well as “Diwan El Garagouz” (Les Chiens) by Ould Abderrahmane Kaki. Fatiha Berber has also played numerous leading roles in, among others, "Fait Divers" and "Hassen Taxi"... as well as in several TV films and serials including "El-Bedra" (The Seed) and "El-La'Ib "(The Player)... Fatiha Berber was also president of the Friends of Rouiched association. Iconic actress of Algerian cinema, she died in Paris following a cardiac arrest on Friday January 16, 2015, at the age of 76.


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