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Yehia Chahine

Yehia Chahine

Acting
28 Sept 1917
18 Mar 1994
Giza, Egypt

Biography

Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) ...

Also Known As

يحيى يحيى حسن شاهين, يحيى شاهين, Yahya Yahya Hassan Shaheen

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