Soad Hosny also known as Souad Hosni was born in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt in the year 1942.
Souad was a famous and pretty actress from Egypt. She had some Syrian family roots. Souad grew up in a large family made of seventeen siblings, she was the tenth daughter.
Souad Hosni was nicknamed The Cinderella of Egyptian movies.
Soad Hosny is by far one of the most popular actresses in the Arab film history.
By the year 1950 Souad Hosni was a big star and a well known name, she acted in more than 83 movies between 1959 and 1991, but most of which were shot in the 60s and 70s.
Hosni began he career as an artist by singing Sister of the Moon during a popular radio program for children called Baba Sharo.
A family friend, Abd El-Rahman El-Khamissy, a writer and a director, discovered her acting talent and asked Ibrahim Saafan, an Arabic teacher at this time, who later became a comedy actor, to give her oral performance lessons. Abd El-Rahman was screening for the film ‘Hassan We Na''ima'', and wanted to present Soad as his new discovery in the role of Na''ima. The film was produced and directed by Henry Barakat.
Some of her famous works:
Wedding Night
A Womans Affairs
Hassan We Na''ima
The Shepherd and the Women
Him and Her a television series with Ahmed Zaki
Stranger
Watch out for Zouzou
