Laila Sheir

Born: 1940-06-18

An Egyptian actress, born in 1940. After studying at the French Lycée, she worked in the field of fashion shows, after which she moved to the cinema since the mid-sixties through the movie Zizi's Family (1963). She continued in cinema during the 60s through the films Cairo at Night, The Groom Arrives Tomorrow and Outside of Paradise. She continued to take some time away and come back, till she traveled to France to return to the field of fashion, and then returned to Egypt at the end of the 80s, and worked in art intermittently.


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An Egyptian Story

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-27

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties,...

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El Khouroug Min El Guana

as uncredited
Released: 1967-03-20

Mukhtar is a musically talented individual who is surrounded by bad friends who make him...

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Days of El Sadat

as uncredited
Released: 2001-06-26

A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early...

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Let's Dance

as uncredited
Released: 2006-03-01

A look into the problem of marital boredom through the story of the lawyer Salwa who finds a...

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The Escape

as Nagwan
Released: 1991-04-16

Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend...

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Zizi's Family

as Laila ليلى
Released: 1963-04-29

The everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in...

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The Desert Renegades

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-24

In the deserts of the Middle East, circa 1930s, a half-Arab-half-French adventurer named Aldar...

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The Groom Arrives Tomorrow

as كوثر
Released: 1963-10-28

Anayat Hanim succeeded in having a clothing factory after the death of her husband, allowing her...

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جنون الحياة

as uncredited
Released: 2000-04-26

Sana discovers that her husband betrayed her, and travels to Sharm el-Sheikh and there she sees...

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Hell Below Water

as Semsema
Released: 1989-07-03

After Hassan and Hala split up, each moves on with their life as Hala marries a corrupt elderly...

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Journals of a Teenager

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-23

Jamila falls in love with Raouf, a handsome young man and a friend of Nancy at first sight, to...

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The Quail and Autumn

as Salwa
Released: 1967-02-13

Eissa Al-Dabagh is a member of a washed-out political party that was defanged by the 1952...

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Nisa Saealik

as uncredited
Released: 1991-05-01

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Shayateen El Leyl

as the princess
Released: 1966-03-30

Atwa takes care of his little brother until he completes his education. Atwa works in a factory...

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Sareq Al-Malyeen

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-01

Three thieves steal a million liras from the Lebanese National Bank, but one of them decides to...

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