
Thuraya Fakhry
Acting
Biography
An Egyptian actress of Lebanese origin. She was born in Zahle, Lebanon, to a middle-class family, as her father worked in the textile trade. She had the opportunity to receive some education, and as a child she was an actress, successfully playing the role of the mother in school parties. After completing her primary education, she joined one of the troupes that were widespread in Lebanon. She came to Egypt at the age of 25 with her father, who had liquidated his business in Lebanon and wanted to try his luck in Egypt. She and her father lived in Alexandria and joined Ali Al-Kassar's troupe. She continued acting, performing in approximately 32 plays with various theatrical troupes. She was famous for playing the role of the mother, but she also played the role of the elegant lady. Her features helped her stand out, and she also had a laugh with a special tone.
Known For

In Egypt forties and before the 14th of July revolution in 1952, a poor family lives in a prince's palace where the father works as a gardener. The family has two children Ali and Hassan. Ali grows up liking the prince's daughter who loves him too. Now grown ups, they realize how impossible this love story is. Joining the army, Ali fights in Palestine while the brother joins the police and is part of the King's guards. Ali gets back from Palestine and joins the secret military movement that will soon rule Egypt, The Free Officers. The revolution starts and the Free Officers are now in charge, putting Ali against his brother as a guard for the king and also against his lover, the prince's daughter as the revolution will confiscate all her family's wealth.
Return My Heart

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
The Beginning and the End

A comedy about a television director who gets provoked by his uncle to avenge his dead father, but he prefers to let things go and get married to Layla. But he then gets informed that one of the members of the family who killed his father was released form prison and is planning to kill him.
The Laughing Crime

The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.
Between Two Mansions

In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.
Between Heaven and Earth

An unexpected love affair quickly blossoms between aspiring down-on-his-luck reporter Salah (Abdel Halim Hafez) and the subject of his first newspaper scoop, a pretty young heiress (Zubaida Tharwat)who's soon to be forced into an arranged marriage.
A Day of My Life

A woman seeks revenge on the man she thinks killed her husband but falls in love with him in the process.
Passion and Revenge

Zaky loves Elham but he is afraid to tell her because his father wants to marry her. Zaky moves from one love to another and spends his time with 26 girls whose names start with the letters of the alphabet, but he starts a new kind of adventure taking on different personalities.
Runaway from Marriage

Othman Abdelbaset suffers from the intervention of his mother-in-law in his life with his wife. He always worries about his assistants in the pancake shop he runs until his mother-in-law succeeds in cutting him off with his wife and turning his life into hell. He thinks of committing suicide and introduces his idea to his aides. The three go to sea to carry out the idea, but one of the sailors sees them leading the boat trip to one of the islands and they are on an adventure inside the Prince of the Island where they fight the bad guys who want to take over the island rule
Nour al-Din and the Three Sailors

The daughter of a wealthy man is tormented by visions of her father's death while a struggle over inheritance plays out.
The Cursed Palace

Haniya lives with her sick aunt. She meets Mahmoud the mechanic and agrees to marry him. Mahmoud and Haniya continue to take care of the sick aunt until her illness worsens. Before her death, the aunt tells Haniya that she has an uncle named Radwan, a wealthy man. After her death, Haniya searches for her uncle with Mahmoud's help, as her aunt had instructed her to do.
El Mazaher

Victor Hugo's classic novel of Jean Valjean, pursued through the years by an unbending foe, the cruel lawman Javert.
Les Misérables

Naima is still a student in a boarding school, but she collides with the reality of life early on. She loves Kamal, the actor, but he cannot marry her because he is engaged to his cousin. At the same time, Naima's uncle tries to marry her to his crazy son so that he can get the money she inherited. This is where the school principal intervenes to help her.
Girls' School

Fikria is a singer who's married to Farid ,the gambling addict. When she's traveling by train, she gets in an accident and a peasant treats her. After she returns home,her husband asks her to stay hidden to get the insurance money to pay for his gambling debts.
Lady of The Train

During a chase of drug deal, officer magdy lost his way in the desert , got saved by Saba. He finds out that saba's family is drug lord and they also identify him so they decided to kill him but by the help of saba, they escaped.
Tough Road

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking. While the other son marries a bad- tempered woman who abuses her mother-in-law forcing her to flee to work as a maid at a hospital.
Dearest Beloved

When a doctor invents a formula that can restore youth, the 80-year-old Abbas takes the new formula and starts a new adventurous chapter as a young man. But reliving his youth comes at the expense of his family as he falls in love with his son's fiancée and decides to marry her.
H-3

After her father dies, Salwa goes to live with her mother. When her mother gets sick, her father's friend pays the hospital fees and tries to get close to her. But she loves Hamdy, the music teacher.
Salwa in the Wind

Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.
Who's Done it ?

Aziza and Sharifa are two friends. They are married to the two friends, Aziz and Refaat. Aziza suspects her husband's behavior, and her friend supports this suspicion. They concoct a plan. Sharifa sends an unsigned love letter to Aziz Pasha and sets him up on a date in the casino.