Nahed Sherif

 ( Egyptian Film Actresses ) 

Nahed Sherif (), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Biography Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial (سميحة زكي النيال) and a Lycée Français du Caire dropout, she was discovered by director Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess and made her debut in 1958. Nahied Sherif at ElCinema In 1961, she married El-Mohandess and he directed two films offering her starring roles opposite Egyptian Cinema's box-office mogul Salah Zulfikar in the Romance film, A Storm of Love ( عاصفة من الحب), Me and my Daughters ( أنا وبناتي), earning commercial success for both films . Her marriage with El-Mohandess lasted for a brief period and she later married fellow actor Kamal El-Shennawi.

While married to El-Shennawy, she was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the third time in Virgo ( برج العذراء) and for the fourth time in the Crime fiction The Killers ( القتلة), both films were box-office hits . After divorce with El-Shennawi, Sherif moved to Lebanon and made her Lebanese film debut with 1973 action film Kuwait Connection ( ذئاب لا تأكل اللحم) directed by Sami A. Khouri who reached fame with The Lady of the Black Moons. She later starred in a number of other Lebanese films and married Lebanese Armenian Edward Gergian. She was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the fifth and last time in the crime film; Desire and Price ( الرغبة والثمن), a commercial hit released in 1978. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 1970s and died in 1981.

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External links

• Nahied Sherif at ElCinema

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