Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Mariam Fakhr Eddine
مريم فخر الدين
Mariam Fakhr Eddine in 1958
Born
Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine

(1933-09-08)8 September 1933
Faiyum, Egypt
Died3 November 2014(2014-11-03) (aged 81)
Cairo, Egypt
Other names"Beauty of the Screen"
OccupationActress
Years active1951–2014
Spouses
(m. 1952; div. 1960)
Mohamed El Taweel
(m. 1961; div. 1965)
(m. 1967, divorced)
Sherif Al Fadhali
(div.)
Children2
RelativesYoussef Fakhr Eddine (brother)

Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine (Arabic: مريم محمد فخر الدين, 8 September 1933 – 3 November 2014[1]) was an Egyptian film and television actress, and was the second wife of prominent filmmaker Mahmoud Zulfikar (1914 – 1970). She was nicknamed the "Belle of the Screen" (Arabic: حسناء الشاشة).[2] Before pursuing a career in acting, she won the title of Most Beautiful Face in a pageant organised by the French-language magazine Image.

She was discovered by director Mahmoud Zulfikar, her future husband. Mariam Fakhr Eddine's first film appearance was in the 1951 film A Night of Love and she went on to appear in the films such as Return My Heart (1957), Sleepless (1957), The Cursed Palace (1962), Soft Hands (1963) and Secret Visit (1981).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ahram-2012-11-03 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "رحيل "حسناء الشاشة" المصرية الفنانة مريم فخر الدين". CNN Arabic. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.