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شكري سرحان

Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo. His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Ibn El-Nile "Son of the Nile". Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President Gamal Abdel Nasser honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El abd Ala Fatema "The Night of Fatima's Arrest". which was directed by Henry Barakat. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema, he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sarhan's last movie was El-Gablawi in 1991. He died in 1997.


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Born:
Mar 13, 1925 In الإسكندرية, مصر
Movie/TV Credits:
32
First Appeared:
In the movie Lahalibo 1949-01-02
Latest Project:
Movie Waraa Al-Shams 1978-09-03
Known For
Poster of Son of Cleopatra
Poster of Lovers' Call
Poster of Port Said
Poster of Rayya and Sekina
Filmography
Movie Waraa Al-Shams Dr. Hossam 1978-09-03
Movie Return Of The Prodigal Son Tolba Mohamed Madbouly 1976-09-24
Movie Visitor at Dawn Shafiq Ibrahim 1975-03-03
Movie Strangers Unknown 1973-04-09
Movie College Girls murad 1971-01-11
Movie Something in my Chest Muhammad Efendi ElSayed 1971-08-30
Movie The Postman Abbas 1968-04-15
Movie Om Hashim's Lamp Dr. Ismail Rajab 1968-11-04
Movie The Second Wife Abu el Ela 1967-10-14
Movie Son of Cleopatra Akro 1964-12-31
Movie Prisoner of the Night كمال 1963-09-16
Movie Salwa fi mahab el rih Unknown 1962-04-23
Movie The Thief and the Dogs Said Mahran 1962-11-12
Movie The Sun Will Never Set Ahmed 1961-12-25
Movie A Man in My Life 1961-06-21
Movie In Your Hands 1960-01-27
Movie Lovers' Call Unknown 1960-10-20
Movie El Murra El Maghoula Abbas 1959-12-07
Movie We the Students Unknown 1959-01-02
Movie I Am Free Unknown 1959-01-02
Movie The Barred Road Ahmed 1958-04-22
Movie A woman on the Road Hassanein Faraj Al-Saidi 1958-12-22
Movie Port Said Fathy 1957-07-08
Movie The Fools Alley taha 1955-01-02
Movie Araess fil mazad Unknown 1955-01-22
Movie Pity My Tears Adel Amin 1954-10-31
Movie Appointment with Life Ahmed 1953-01-02
Movie Rayya and Sekina Amin 1952-02-23
Movie Children Of The Streets Unknown 1951-02-19
Movie Son of the Nile Hemaida 1951-01-10
Movie Daddy as a Bridegroom Unknown 1950-12-31
Movie Lahalibo Unknown 1949-01-02
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