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Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Acting
10 Apr 1932
10 Jul 2015
Alexandria, Egypt

Biography

Omar Sharif (April 10, 1932 - July 10, 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. The son of a precious wood merchant, he grew up in a united Christian family of Syrian and Lebanese descent with his parents and his sister. Enrolled at Victoria College, a prestigious British school in Alexandria, the teenager studied science and foreign languages and later discovered theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cairo Univ...

Also Known As

Омар Шариф, Michel Dimitri Chalhoub, عمر الشريف, Omar El Sherif, عمر شریف

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