Yehia Chahine
Actor
Born September 28, 1917 in Giza, Egypt
Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.
Filmography
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
السفير صدقي
The Pasha's daughter
ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
شارع المواردي
محمد المواردي
All That Love
ناصف الليثي
The Landlord
Bloody Destinies
Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
Alexandria… Why?
British Ambassador
Doubt, My Love
عبدالرحيم
The Days
Oh The wonders of time
Ahmed Assem
الأخوة الأعداء
El-Armany الأرماني
Al Sokkareya
Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
The Barrier
Salah صلاح
The Lights
مراد
Some Live Twice
Ahmed
Dawn of Islam
Queen of the Night
أحمد عزت
The Land
Sheikh Hassouna
Ashiaa La Tushtra
A Bit of Torment
الرسّام أحمد خالد
The People Inside
رفاعي
Bit of Fear
الشيخ إبراهيم
Rawaat El Hob
محمود سالم
Mansion of Longing
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
Tofahet Adam
Youssef Bey
A man and two women
Three Thieves
judge
The Confession
Ibrahim
باسم الحب
عبد الغفار
Boys and Girls
Son of Cleopatra
Safar
The Teenagers
Shams شمس
Between Two Mansions
السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
The Man I Love
مخلب القط
حمدي
رجل بلا قلب
جلال
Samra Sinai
Adel
The Female Boss
Abbas
This is Love
Hussein
The Silent Love
Kahraman
الملاك الصغير
Sleepless
Ahmed Lutfy
Lovers of the Night
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Ahmed Awad
Where Did My Life Go
د. خالد
The Little Doll
Farewell at dawn
The Stranger
For Love
Lovers Village
عبد الكريم
Pity My Tears
Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
They Made Me a Criminal
الشيخ حسن
Life is Love
Adel
The black knight
Essam
I Am Love
Marret El-ayam
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
بلال بن رباح
A Plot
مراد
Scandal monger
Ahmed
Lady of The Train
Farid
Isalu kalbi
Zeinab
إبراهيم
انتقام الحبيب
Son of the Nile
الشيخ إبراهيم
Kisma wa Nassib
Asem Shaker, Engineer
Elham
Laila Al Amriya
Qais bin Al-Malouh
The sad countryside
She was an angel
Soultanat al-sahra
Hassan
Solomon's Ring
Mahmoud
El taisha
Rawiyah
Officer Samir Magdy
Storms
Gharam El Sheyukh
Dahaya el madania
Salamah
عبد الرحمن القس
El Mazaher
Mahmoud El Banhawy
Hababa
Bint Al-Sheikh
If I Was Rich
كمال خطيب وهيبة
almutahama
وكيل النيابة
Al-Ans station
Dananeir
زياد