ACTOR

Soad Hosny

1943 - 2001

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Soad Muhammad Kamal Hosny (Egyptian Arabic: سعاد حسنى, pronounced [soˈʕæːd ˈħosni]; 26 January 1943 – 21 June 2001) was an Egyptian actress born in Cairo. She was known as the "Cinderella of Egyptian cinema" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world. She rose to stardom at the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991 with nine films in the greatest 100 films in the history of Egyptian cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soad Hosny has received more than 550,663 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Soad Hosny is the 1,434th most popular actor (down from 1,138th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 264th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Egyptian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Soad Hosnies by language

Over the past year Soad Hosny has had the most page views in the with 415,670 views, followed by English (72,938), and Egyptian Arabic (63,233). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (97.61%), Somali (87.98%), and Swahili (57.19%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Soad Hosny ranks 1,434 out of 13,578. Before her are David Garrick, Beren Saat, Emilia Clarke, Billy Connolly, Sami Frey, and Jaclyn Smith. After her are Dita Parlo, Fionnula Flanagan, Olivia Colman, Grace Moore, Iain Glen, and Loriot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Soad Hosny ranks 169. Before her are Inna Churikova, Randy Newman, Blythe Danner, James Levine, Bill Duke, and John Eliot Gardiner. After her are Raphael, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Ian Kershaw, Edward Herrmann, Bob Woodward, and Dick Taylor. Among people deceased in 2001, Soad Hosny ranks 73. Before her are Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Nikos Sampson, John Phillips, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Luis Carniglia, and Perry Como. After her are Pierre Klossowski, Jaroslav Drobný, Hannelore Kohl, Bill Hewlett, Marvin Harris, and Liisi Oterma.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Soad Hosny ranks 310 out of 642. Before her are Sameera Moussa (1917), Djedefhor (-2600), Shadia (1931), Al-Musta'li (1076), Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898), and Pope Anianus of Alexandria (100). After her are Pope Avilius of Alexandria (100), Nepherites I (-490), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Setepenre (-1400), Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938), and Barsanuphius (401).

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Among ACTORS In Egypt

Among actors born in Egypt, Soad Hosny ranks 6. Before her are Omar Sharif (1932), Faten Hamama (1931), Marika Rökk (1913), Adel Emam (1940), and Shadia (1931). After her are 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

Cairo 30
Ihsan
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.
Oct 31o 19667.5 / 10
Watch Out for Zuzu
Zuzu/Zeinab
When a college professor falls for one of his students, his fiancée decides to expose the student's shameful secret to all.
Nov 6o 19726.5 / 10
The Second Wife
Fatma
A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.
Oct 14o 19676.9 / 10