Biography
Zeinat Sedki (May 4, 1912 - March 2, 1978) was an Egyptian actress and comedian. She was one of the female comedy pioneers in the Egyptian cinema along with Mary Mounib and Widad Hamdi. Zeinat Sedki was born Zeinab Mohamed Mosaad the May 4, 1912 in Alexandria, Egypt. She married a much older man at the age of 15 after her father forced her to drop out of school. She divorced a year later. after the death of her father, she began her career as a belly dancer, and joined an association of artists in the early 1930s. She ran away from home and joined a comedy theater troupe formed by Naguib el-Rihani where she performed a range of successful plays, among which was The Egyptian Pound (el Guineih el Masrî) in 1931. El-Rihani gave her the stage name Zeinat Sedki instead of her birth name Zeinab Mohamed Saad.She made her film debut in 1934 film by Mario Volpe The Accusation. she credited her breakthrough to the movie “His Highness Wants to Marry” (1936). In this film, she plays the role of a maid of rural origin. She will later resume the same role on the boards in a theatrical adaptation written by Naguib el-Rihani and Badie Khairy. At the end of her career, she started having financial problems and started to sell her furniture in order to cover her expenses. In 1976, former Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat gave her an award at The Art Feast and granted her an exceptional pension.
Filmography
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Movies 92
A Girl Named Mahmoud (1975)
Al-Sarab (1970)
The Circus (1968)
Maa'boudat Al-Gamahir (1967)
رجل وامرأتان (1966)
The Mountain (1965)
El Maganeen Fi Naeem (1963)
دنيا البنات (1962)
The King of Petrol (1962)
No Discussion (1961)
The Student (1961)
Banat bahari (1960)
Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen (1960)
Ladies Barber (1960)
In Your Hands (1960)
The Secret Police (1959)
The Green Doorstep (1959)
The Love Street (1958)
الشيطانة الصغيرة (1958)
Love of my life (1958)
Ismail Yassine Tarazan (1958)
Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital (1958)
سلم ع الحبايب (1958)
Ismail Yassine Fil Ustul (1957)
You Are My Love (1957)
Ibn Hamidu (1957)
The Lovely Bus Conductors (1957)
Madame Nawaem (1957)
Ways of the Heart (1956)
Ismail Yassine Fil Police (1956)
الأرملة الطروب (1956)
The Great Lady (1956)
Our Best Days (1955)
مدرسة البنات (1955)
Araess fil mazad (1955)
Inni rahela (1955)
Naharak saeed (1955)
كابتن مصر (1955)
Aziza (1954)
Women Can’t Lie (1954)
Miss Hanafi (1954)
Laila Min Omri (1954)
Afretet Ismaiel Yassin (1954)
المحتال (1954)
Four Girls and an Officer (1954)
العمر واحد (1954)
Banat Hawaa (1954)
Ana El-Hobu (1954)
Akwa Min El Hub (1954)
Qolob El Nas (1954)
Taxi of Love (1954)
Millione Guinee (1953)
The Deprivation (1953)
Lisanuk Hisanak (1953)
اللقاء الأخير (1953)
Ana Wi Habibi (1953)
Bent Al-Akaber (1953)
Women Without Men (1953)
بنت الاكابر (1953)
Life when it smiles (1953)
The Sweetness of Love (1952)
Aiza atgawiz (1952)
Let's Dance (1952)
Where Did You Get This (1952)
Beit el nattash (1952)
Al Montaser (1952)
Qattr El-Nada (1951)
Al Sabr Gameel (1951)
Come and Greet (1951)
فايق ورايق (1951)
Girls Are Sweet (1951)
Miss Mama (1950)
A Dancer's Infatuation (1950)
البطل (1950)
The Millionaire (1950)
Shari al-bahlawan (1949)
Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady (1949)
The Flirtation of Girls (1949)
Ouqbal El Bakari (1949)
It's You I Love (1949)
Hubun wa junun (1948)
صاحبة العمارة (1948)
قصة غرام (1945)
Honeymoon (1945)
Cuteness casino (1945)
A Bullet in the Heart (1944)
Berlanty (1944)
What a madness (1943)
Long live women! (1943)
Call of the heart (1943)
Love Is Forbidden (1942)
Under the gun (1940)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1912-05-04
Deathday1978-03-02 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceEgypt, Egypt
CitizenshipsEgypt
Also Known Asزينات صدقي, Zeinat Sedqi , Zinat Sedky
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