Actor

Rushdy Abaza

Egyptian actor

1926 - 1980

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rushdy Abaza is the 3,800th most popular actor, the 466th most popular biography from Egypt and the 9th most popular Egyptian Actor.

Rushdy Abaza was a legendary Egyptian actor most famously known as the charismatic "Don Juan of Egyptian Cinema" and one of the greatest stars of the Golden Age of Arab cinema, appearing in over 100 films from 1948 to 1980 where he excelled in diverse roles as romantic leads, action heroes, villains, and comedians in classics like Struggle on the Nile (1959), A Man in Our House (1961), Wife Number 13 (1962), Sunset and Sunrise (1970), and I Want a Solution (1975). Born to an Egyptian father from the prominent Abaza family and an Italian mother, he rose from a chance discovery while playing billiards to become a household name across the Arab world for his charm, versatility, and on-screen presence. Surprisingly, despite his dashing romantic image and five marriages (including to famous dancers Taheya Carioca and Samia Gamal, plus Lebanese singer Sabah in a famously brief union), he battled brain cancer in his final years, divorcing his last wife to "die free" and passing away at age 53 after collapsing on set during his last incomplete film.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Rushdy Abaza ranks 3,800 out of 13,578. Before him are John McIntire, Patsy Kensit, Jennifer Tilly, Sally Kellerman, Terry-Thomas, and Cobie Smulders. After him are Cameron Mitchell, Lee Min-jung, Ruth Ford, John Larroquette, John Drew Barrymore, and Viviane Romance.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Rushdy Abaza ranks 295. Before him are Vira Vovk, Julie Adams, Rafael Lesmes, Joe Slovo, Theo Adam, and Rafiq Nishonov. After him are Baltazar, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Danièle Delorme, Sven Axbom, Kurt Schmied, and Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. Among people deceased in 1980, Rushdy Abaza ranks 187. Before him are Vasja Pirc, Gerhard von Schwerin, Lado Gudiashvili, Boris Kaufman, Arend Heyting, and Egon Pearson. After him are Simonne Mathieu, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Frank Wykoff, Gaetano Belloni, George Pal, and Juan García Oliver.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Rushdy Abaza ranks 466 out of NaN. Before him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Mustafa Khalil (1920), Atom Egoyan (1960), Yusuf Idris (1927), Mustafa Ben Halim (1921), and Hassan Shehata (1947). After him are Mohamed M. Atalla (1924), Richard Anthony (1938), Abbās al-Aqqād (1889), Ali Gomaa (1952), Abdulrahman Fawzi (1909), and Taheyya Kariokka (1915).

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Among Actors In Egypt

Among actors born in Egypt, Rushdy Abaza ranks 9. Before him are Marika Rökk (1913), Adel Emam (1940), Soad Hosny (1943), Shadia (1931), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), and Hind Rostom (1929). After him are Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Nadia Gamal (1937), Salah Zulfikar (1926), Mena Massoud (1991), Julian Fellowes (1949), and Nour El-Sherif (1946).

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