Aziza Amir (Arabic: عزيزة أمير‎; 17 December 1901 â€" 28
February 1952) was an Egyptian actress, producer, and screenwriter.
She has legendary status in Egyptian film.Aziza Amir was born Mofida
Mohamed Ghoneim in Damiettia, Egypt on 17 December 1901. Amir went to
school at Hosn El Massarat on Mohamed Ali Street. Her dad worked at
sea to provide for her family. Amir changed her name due to the
general outlook of Egyptian society on theatre women and how it
would’ve negatively affected her family's reputation. After the
revolution of 1919 women's levels of energy rose and they wanted to
make a difference. Amir got her acting start in the theater. Aziza
then took the stage and started working as a theatre actress. She
played the part of Napoleon's Daughter on stage, and that is how she
met her first husband Ahmed EL Sheirei, who was the mayor of
Samalout.She joined the "Ramsis" acting troupe in 1925. She acted in
the theater until 1935, when she decided to focus her attention on
films. After years in the theatre business she decided to get into the
cinema business, She starred in what scholars arguably call the first
Egyptian film ever made Laila (1927) was released on 16 November 1927.
The release of Laila (1927) came after various problems with its
Turkish Director Wadad Orfi and German producers. There were disputes
while the film was being made and, as a result, Orfi was replaced by
Stephane Rosti. Both the media and Amir husband's family at the time
of Laila's release opposed her participation in the film; Laila went
on to be a success.In 1933, she wrote, directed, and starred in Pay
for your Sins (1933).[a]
February 1952) was an Egyptian actress, producer, and screenwriter.
She has legendary status in Egyptian film.Aziza Amir was born Mofida
Mohamed Ghoneim in Damiettia, Egypt on 17 December 1901. Amir went to
school at Hosn El Massarat on Mohamed Ali Street. Her dad worked at
sea to provide for her family. Amir changed her name due to the
general outlook of Egyptian society on theatre women and how it
would’ve negatively affected her family's reputation. After the
revolution of 1919 women's levels of energy rose and they wanted to
make a difference. Amir got her acting start in the theater. Aziza
then took the stage and started working as a theatre actress. She
played the part of Napoleon's Daughter on stage, and that is how she
met her first husband Ahmed EL Sheirei, who was the mayor of
Samalout.She joined the "Ramsis" acting troupe in 1925. She acted in
the theater until 1935, when she decided to focus her attention on
films. After years in the theatre business she decided to get into the
cinema business, She starred in what scholars arguably call the first
Egyptian film ever made Laila (1927) was released on 16 November 1927.
The release of Laila (1927) came after various problems with its
Turkish Director Wadad Orfi and German producers. There were disputes
while the film was being made and, as a result, Orfi was replaced by
Stephane Rosti. Both the media and Amir husband's family at the time
of Laila's release opposed her participation in the film; Laila went
on to be a success.In 1933, she wrote, directed, and starred in Pay
for your Sins (1933).[a]
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