Fatma Roshdy
Biography
Fatma Roshdi is an Egyptian actress who was born in Alexandria in 1908. She began her acting career at a young age, when (director) Ameen Attallah cast her in one of his acting troupe’s plays. Afterwards, she acted with a number of theater troupes, working alongside Abdel Rahman Rushdi, Sayyed Darwish, Aziz Eid, and Youseff Wehbe. Starting in the mid-1920s, Fatima starred in a significant number of plays, including: “El Sahraa’” (The Desert), “El Qan’aa El Azraq” (The Blue Mask), “El Nasr El Sagheer” (L’Aiglon), and “El Horreya” (Freedom). After separating from Aziz Eid, Fatima created her own private theater troupe, which became one of the most illustrious theater troupes. At the end of the 1920s, Fatima began her cinematic career. Her first film was “Fag’aa Foq El Haram” (Tragedy on the Pyramids) in 1928. She starred in a number of films until the 1950s, including “Thamin El Saa’da” (The Price of Happiness), “El A’mil” (The Worker), “El Tareeq El Mostaqeem” (The Virtuous Path), “Medina El Ghajer,” “El ‘Azeema” (Determination), “El Jassid” (The Body). She stopped acting at the end of the 1960s, and died in 1996 at the age of 87.
Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as فاطمة
The story of a young man from a lower-class family who falls in love with a wealthy girl. Despite the class difference and the obstacles they face, their love endures, and they must navigate the challenges posed by their families' social disparity and the economic hardships of the time.
Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Mokhtar, a learned man who initially rejected women, fell in love with Ahlam, who was living with him to escape her father. Despite his blindness and cruelty, he sacrificed his love for her, allowing her to marry his friend Rauf.
Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After the death of (Shaker Bey), half of the factory goes to (Kamel) the hardworking man in his work, and the other half to (Samira) the daughter, and at the same time (Sami), Kamel's younger brother, falls in love with (Luwabed), but because Loobed is looking hard for a life of luxury, she turns to Kamel to convince him that she loves him, and already marries him, and after marriage, Waout tries to put her hands on the factory, especially after she betrayed her husband with (Farid) Samira's husband, who owns half of the factory, and exploits this to blackmail him.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.
Movie - 1941, 2h 15m • as Sania
The wealthy Mohsen meets his arch rival, Asim, and a verbal argument arises between them, after which Mohsen loses consciousness. The poor nurse, Sania, treats him. He feels grateful to her, and they bond in love, gives her a gift, and decides to marry her. Kawthar Hanem feels jealous and decides to ruin the marriage. Assem helps her by making Mohsen believe that there is a relationship between Assem and Saniya. Disagreements arise between the spouses, and Mohsen believes that she is cheating on him.
Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A weak father and an authoritarian mother teaches her young daughter to dance, and dreams of being rich by her daughter after working in a nightclub. She was identified by the wealthy (Amin), the manager of her father's company, Shehata Effendi, and became his mistress. From the company, when the people of the neighborhood saw him went to her mother and stabbed her intended to kill her, but she survived death, and became blind, and entered the prison. The daughter identified the lawyer (Hussein) and loved him, and severed her relationship with (Amin), and on the day of her marriage discovered that he was the son of (Amin), and returned to dance and play and alcohol until she got asthma, and then hit a car, broke her foot, sustained permanent disability, and lost her savings, She returned to the neighborhood with her blind mother, and her father came out of the prison and reunion, and then Han (Hussein), he came to marry her, but the fate was closer to him.
Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as هنية
Al-Asti Ahmed works as a worker in one of the major factories. He is a staunch defender of workers’ rights, and the rest of the workers rally around him in order to defend their cause and rights. However, the factory owners try all the time to plot one machinations against him after another in order to discourage him from his struggle.
Movie - 1948, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In a village, two children from two conflicting families meet in the village book, and innocent affection brings their hearts together. Love connects a girl from one of the families and a young man from the other family. Love knows no family disputes, and the story continues Disagreements arise, love grows, and the two lovers vow to be a source of peace and affection between the two families.
Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as ثريّا
A good man who loves his family and devotes himself to taking care of them. A woman intercepts him and takes him into her love. This changes his circumstances and he is distracted by her from his family. He neglects his work and his life is upended. He ends up killing this woman who killed him and betrayed him. Then he immigrates to Sinai, where he lives for a few years. When He returns to his family and finds that the children have grown up and married.
Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A girl makes a mistake and leaves her son, the fruit of her crime, for several years. The son grows up and searches for her everywhere until he meets her married daughter and goes to complain to her about his mother's cruelty. The sister tries to console her brother, asking him to keep this secret between them so that She exposes him. He visits her secretly without her husband's knowledge. This wife's co-wife learns about the young man's visits to the wife, so she sets her husband up to reveal his secret.
Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • as Salma
Egyptian student Ahmed studies in Paris, where he meets the Russian dancer, Nicole, marries her, and brings her to Egypt. Ahmed's fiancée, Salma, is shocked to find Nicole with him and breaks off the engagement. Nicole works in a nightclub in Alexandria run by a Russian gang leader and begins to exploit Ahmed.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After the young man Mohsen deceives the rural girl, Saniya, he abandons her and accuses her of stealing the ring. She is arrested and imprisoned, and gives birth to their son. Years pass, the boy grows up, and is accused of a robbery and murder case. Fate wills that Mohsen take a stand The executioner and the judge recognize Saniya and ask her for forgiveness.
Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Fitna receives a limited education and lives with her father in a popular neighborhood in Alexandria. Her friend Naima, a girl who lives a frivolous life, tempts her to go out with her. As she works as a singer in a bar, Fitna gets arrested, and the warden sympathizes with Fitna, finds her an honest job, and falls in love with her.
Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • as Mounira
On the beaches of Alexandria, Sa'ied meets Mounira when he saves her brother from drowning, and love grows between them. Sa'ied's traitorous friend Selim also falls for Mounira. When Fathy is killed, Sa'ied is accused of killing him and is sentenced to life in prison
Movie - 1933, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Directed by Fatma Rouchdi.