Widad Hamdi

Wedad Hamdi (وداد حمدى) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.

Early life and career
Hamdi was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years. Hamdi started her career as a singer. Her first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945). She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.

Hamdi was married three times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actors Salaah Kabeel and Muhammad al-Toukhy.

Death
Hamdi was killed in 1994. She was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name.

Film

 * This Was My Father's Crime (1945)
 * Bread and Salt (1949)
 * The Love Office (1950)
 * A Million Pounds (1954)
 * Miss Hanafi (1954)
 * Fatawat el Husseinia (1955)
 * The Female Boss (1959)
 * Forbidden Women (1959)
 * Hassan and Nayima (1959)
 * Love and Adoration (1960)
 * A Storm of Love (1961)
 * Wife Number 13 (1962)
 * Soft Hands (1963)
 * In Summer We Must Love (1974)
 * Whom Should We Shoot? (1975)
 * Mouths and Rabbits (1977)
 * Min Fadlik Wa Ihsanik (1986)
 * My Dear, We’re All Thieves (1989)

Television

 * The Return of the Spirit (1977)

Plays

 * Azeeza and Younis (Azeeza W Younis)
 * 20 Hens and a Rooster (20 farkha we deek)
 * A Game Called Love (L’eba esmaha al-hobb)
 * Mother of Rateeba (Om-Rateeba)