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(1932-2002)
Sanaa Gamil, or Thoraya Youssef Atallah was an Egyptian actress. Born in Upper Egypt, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil. One of her most notable roles was Nefisah opposite Omar Sharif in the movie (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie. She was married to famous Egyptian journalist Louis Grace with no children. She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb.
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