ACTOR

Faten Hamama

1931 - 2015

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Faten Ahmed Hamama (Egyptian Arabic: فاتن حمامه, pronounced [ˈfæːten ħæˈmæːmæ] ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Faten Hamama has received more than 1,769,784 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Faten Hamama is the 509th most popular actor (down from 494th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 148th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Actor.

Faten Hamama is most famous for her roles in the Egyptian movies "Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra" and "Al-Bab Al-Maftouh."

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Faten Hamama ranks 509 out of 13,578. Before her are Udo Kier, Rod Steiger, Charles Laughton, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Baxter, and Edward Norton. After her are Harry Dean Stanton, Jürgen Prochnow, Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, and Franco Columbu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Faten Hamama ranks 53. Before her are Richard Rorty, Kakuichi Mimura, John le Carré, Larry Hagman, Burton Richter, and Jacques Demy. After her are Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, Klaus Hasselmann, Viktor Korchnoi, Ettore Scola, and Stanislav Grof. Among people deceased in 2015, Faten Hamama ranks 45. Before her are Alcides Ghiggia, Wes Craven, Yevgeny Primakov, Günter Schabowski, Colleen McCullough, and James Last. After her are Frei Otto, René Girard, James Horner, Fatema Mernissi, Yves Chauvin, and Benedict Anderson.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Faten Hamama ranks 165 out of 642. Before her are Ahmose-Nefertari (-1562), Cleopatra Selene of Syria (-130), Mentuhotep III (-2050), Neferefre (-2500), Smendes (-1200), and Intef II (-2150). After her are Nazli Sabri (1894), Ahmed Zewail (1946), Fuad II of Egypt (1952), Meritamen (-1400), As-Salih Ayyub (1205), and Djedkare Isesi (-2500).

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Among ACTORS In Egypt

Among actors born in Egypt, Faten Hamama ranks 2. Before her are Omar Sharif (1932). After her are Marika Rökk (1913), Adel Emam (1940), Shadia (1931), Soad Hosny (1943), Hind Rostom (1929), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Georges Guétary (1915), Julian Fellowes (1949), and Nadia Gamal (1937).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Blazing Sun
Amal
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
Mar 1st 19547 / 10
The Nightingale's Prayer
أمنة
This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
Oct 7th 19597.8 / 10
Dark Waters
Hamedah
Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah. But there's trouble on the harbor, and with an old friend.
Jan 16th 19566.2 / 10