Rushdi Abaza (August 3, 1926 - July 27, 1980), a famous Egyptian actor. He descends from the well-known Egyptian Abaza family, which is rumored to be of Circassian origin, and his mother is of Italian origin. The Abaza family acquired this nickname from the nationality of their mother, the wife of Sheikh Al-Ayed, who was from the Abaza region (Abkhazia).
Beginnings
Rushdi Abaza's projects did not include that he would one day become an actor. His first work was the movie (The Little Millionaire) in 1949 in front of the lady of the Arab screen, Faten Hamama, and other works. of business.
stardom
He regained his stardom in the movie Woman on the Road in 1958 with Shukri Sarhan, Zaki Rostom and Hoda Sultan, which was directed by the late Ezzedine Zulfikar, and then presented films of high value, which are (Gamila about the Algerian heroine (Jamila Bouhired) - and Islam - in our house is a man - The Road - No Time for Love - The Three Devils - The 13th Wife - The Second Man - The Little Witch - Young for Love - Struggle in the Nile - Bride of the Nile - Something in My Chest - Behind the Sun - I Want a Solution - Sunset and Sunrise - My Story with Time, and other films ).
Experience with the world
Rushdi Abaza was fluent in five languages other than Arabic, namely English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, and he was a candidate for world cinema. He could have preceded Omar Sharif to Hollywood and conquered world cinema had he not missed all these opportunities. Doblera participated in the international star Robert Taylor in the movie (Valley of the Kings), and participated in the movie (The Ten Commandments) by international director Cecil DeMille, and other works.
his life
It is noteworthy that the late artist Rushdi Abaza married 5 times, and his first wife was the artist, Tahia Karioka. Their marriage took place in 1952, and their marriage lasted 3 years. As for Barbara, the American, she was his second wife, and he gave birth to his only daughter, Qismat, and their marriage lasted 4 years, and he divorced her in 1959. Samia Gamal was his third wife. He married her in 1962, and their marriage lasted about 18 years, and they separated from him in 1977. Sabah was his fourth wife, He married her in 1967, and divorced her two weeks later, and Samia Gamal was in his life. As for Nabila Abaza, she was his fifth wife, knowing that she was his cousin. He married her in 1979, two years before his death.
Mrs. Munira Abaza said that her brother Rushdi Abaza had received a death threat from King Farouk - the former King of Egypt - because of his competition for the love of the artist Camelia, and that his role in the movie “The Wife 13” and “Half an Hour of Marriage” was the closest to his true personality, and that he loved his Italian mother. For these reasons, she did not visit him in his last illness and did not attend his funeral, and his closest friends were Ahmed Ramzy, Ahmed Badrakhan, and Nadia Lutfi, but at the same time he had friends from outside the center.
his death
He died on Sunday, July 27, 1980, corresponding to Ramadan 13, 1400 AH, at the age of fifty-three, after suffering from brain cancer. And he participated in his latest work (The Mighty), who died while filming in one of his scenes in front of the artist Izzat Al-Alayli and could not finish it, so the able artist Salah Nazmi completed it instead of him.
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