
Yehia Chahine
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) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.
Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love).
Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
Acting (81 movies)

Life is Love
1954

Ashiaa La Tushtra
1970

Tofahet Adam
1966

The Pasha's daughter
1991

A man and two women
1966

Gharam El Sheyukh
1946

Lovers Village
1954

The Lights
1972

The Land
1970

The People Inside
1969

All That Love
1988

Farewell at dawn
1956

Kahraman
1958

If I Was Rich
1942

Samra Sinai
1959

Isalu kalbi
1952

Sleepless
1957

Lovers of the Night
1957

The Silent Love
1958

The black knight
1954

El Mazaher
1945

رجل بلا قلب
1960

Son of the Nile
1951

Bit of Fear
1969

الملاك الصغير
1957

A Plot
1953

The Stranger
1956

Al-Ans station
1942

Bint Al-Sheikh
1943

Hababa
1944

They Made Me a Criminal
1954

Marret El-ayam
1954

Lady of The Train
1952

For Love
1955

Bloody Destinies
1982

Rawaat El Hob
1968

Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953

Elham
1950

El taisha
1946

almutahama
1942

Solomon's Ring
1947

Between Two Mansions
1964

Where Did My Life Go?
1956

انتقام الحبيب
1951

Zeinab
1952

دموع صاحبة الجلالة
1992

Dananeir
1940

Alexandria… Why?
1979

Al Sokkareya
1973

Mansion of Longing
1966

Salamah
1945

A Bit of Torment
1969

The Little Doll
1956

The Barrier
1972

Son of Cleopatra
1964

The Man I Love
1962

الأخوة الأعداء
1974

Doubt, My Love
1979

The Teenagers
1964

I Am Love
1954

The Female Boss
1958

This is Love
1958

Pity My Tears
1954

The Confession
1965

Dawn of Islam
1971

Scandal monger
1953

Dahaya el madania
1946

Rawiyah
1946

Soultanat al-sahra
1947

Laila Al Amriya
1948

Kisma wa Nassib
1950

Three Thieves
1966

مخلب القط
1961

باسم الحب
1965

The sad countryside
1948

Storms
1946

She was an angel
1947

Some Live Twice
1971

The Landlord
1988

Boys and Girls
1965
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Isalu kalbi | 1952 | Writer |