Fatin Abdel Wahab

Fatin Abdel Wahab 🎬

🗓 Born: November 22, 1913 – Damietta, Egypt

🕊 Died: May 12, 1972 (age 58) – Beirut, Lebanon

⚰ Cause of Death: Cardiovascular disease

🏡 Nationality: Egyptian 🇪🇬

📽️ Career

🔹 Film director, actor, screenwriter, and assistant director.

🔹 Active in the film industry from 1945 to 1972.

🔹 A pioneer of Egyptian comedy cinema.

🔹 Worked with many stars, especially Ismail Yassin, Shadia, Fouad El-Mohandes, and Salah Zulfikar.

🔹 17 of his films were chosen among the Top 100 Egyptian Comedy Films in the Alexandria Film Festival poll (2022).

🔹 4 of his films were included in the Top 100 Egyptian Musical Films in another poll by the same festival (2023).

👨‍👩‍👦 Personal Life

👨‍👦 Son: Director and actor Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab.

❤️ Married four times:

1️⃣ Hager Hamdy (Actress)

2️⃣ Leila Mourad (Singer) – Mother of his son Zaki

3️⃣ Tahia Carioca (Dancer & actress)

4️⃣ Mounira Fathy (Sister of actress Naglaa Fathi)

🎞️ Notable Films

📌 With Ismail Yassin:

🎥 Ismail Yassin in the Army (1955)

🎥 Ismail Yassin in the Police (1956)

🎥 Ibn Hamido (1957)

🎥 Ismail Yassin in the Navy (1957)

🎥 Al-Ataba Al-Khadra (1959)

🎥 The Magic Lantern (1960)

🎥 The Ladies’ Barber (1960)

📌 With Shadia & Salah Zulfikar:

🎥 My Wife, the General Manager (1966)

🎥 My Wife’s Dignity (1967)

🎥 My Wife’s Ghost (1968)

📌 Other Famous Films:

🎥 Love Rumor (1960) – Starring Omar Sharif & Soad Hosny

🎥 The 13th Wife (1962) – Starring Rushdy Abaza & Shadia

🎥 Oh, Eve! (1962) – Starring Lobna Abdel Aziz

🎥 The Zizi Family (1963) – Starring Ahmed Ramzy & Soad Hosny

🎥 He, She & I (1964) – Starring Fouad El-Mohandes & Shwikar

🎥 Land of Hypocrisy (1968) – Starring Fouad El-Mohandes & Shwikar

🎥 Half an Hour of Marriage (1969) – Starring Rushdy Abaza & Shadia

🕊️ Death

⚰️ Passed away in a hotel in Beirut in 1972.

🚑 His body was transferred to Egypt, where he was buried.

💔 His close friend, Ismail Yassin, passed away 12 days later.

🔹 Legacy

📽️ Left an unforgettable mark in Egyptian cinema with his refined comedy films.

🎭 Considered one of the most intelligent directors in delivering social satire through humor.

🏆 His films continue to be popular and loved to this day.