Magda El Khatib
Acting
Biography
Magda El Khatib is an Egyptian actor who was born in Cairo in 1943. She began her acting career with a small role in the film “Hob wa Delaa” (Love and Endearment; 1959). El Khatib then went on to play starring roles in a numerous films including “El Bayt El Mela’un” (The Cursed House; 1987) alongside Kamal El Shenawi. Throughout her career, she has appeared in more than 130 works and won several acting awards, including the “Golden Pyramid” for her role in “Dalal Masriya” (Dalal, The Egyptian; 1966), which was her first starring role. El Khatib also won Best Actress for her role in the film “El Tufaha” (The Apple).
Born: October 2, 1943
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Known For
The Woman and the Law
The young woman, the young lawyer, is sacrificed to the mother, who works as a nurse in a hospital with her health and youth in order to devote herself to raising her only daughter. She hopes to become a doctor. The teacher is the owner of the house where the mother lives and her daughter looks forward to marrying the daughter.
Om Kulthum
Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.
Mansion of Longing
10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin. As Zanouba marries Yassin, Kamal's idealism is compromised when Aida abandons him for a wealthy guy.
The Tragedy of Dr. Hosny
Hosny suffers from terrifying nightmares, so he resorts to a psychiatrist to help him
The Girls in Summer
Loyal to her husband suffers from a weak personality due to strict upbringing, which exposes her to falling into the trap of her husband’s friend. There is another husband who falls in love with the maid and wants to get close to her very much, but he is afraid for his reputation, so he treats her very harshly and harasses her. There is the shy young man who falls in love with her. He falls in love with his neighbor, but she is not convinced by him because of his great shyness.
Rayya and Sakina
The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals and the impact of the environment on their future.
Mouths and Rabbits
A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film introduces a family with 10 kids and lots of problems they get into through a funny story between an Aunt for the kids and her struggle for getting married to the man she loved because of her bother in law who got her married with someone behind her back, using false information.
Something in my Chest
Hussein Shaker is a man with dictatorial power, he tries to put one of his colleagues under control but he couldn't because of the man patriotism but then he dies and Hussein tries to destroy the man's whole family.
Like A Matchstick
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.
Houseboat No. 70
Documentary filmmaker Ahmed El Shazly is working on a new film about a cotton gin. When a worker who reveals to him what's happening in the gin is killed, Ahmed and his sweetheart are determined to uncover the truth.
Filmography
as سوسن
as إنسجام
as زينب
as Mrs. Nazifa
as زينب هانم
as سعاد
as Grandmother (as El Khattib, Magda)
as Sanaa
as Samia
as فرانشيسكا
as Qadriya
as Umm Houda
as Om Nfeesa
as درية
as أم حداية
as Zozo
as فاطمة
as The Sister
as Souad
as Qadriya
as Enas
as May - the liberated poet
as Asrar / Izis
as Rajia
as Camilla
as توحيده
as Layla ليلى
as ليلي
as Nadia Sharif
as Magy
as سحر منصور
as نادية
as منى سالم فؤاد
as Dr. Magda
as إمتثال
as Samara Bahjat
as خيرية
as Zainab
as Attiyat / Dalal Al-Masria
as شخصيتها الحقيقية
as Dalia
as Anissa
as Naima
as سناء
as إيمان
as أمنية
as Aida Shaddad
as Nadia
as مريم
as فايزة
as Rawiya