Huda Sultan

Huda Sultan (15 Aug 1925 - 5 Jun 2006) was an Egyptian actress and singer. She is credited for being one of the pioneers of Egyptian cinema and was the most awarded actress for her roles, especially in musicals.[1] Sultan performed in hundreds of movies in her 56-year career.[2]

Early life

Huda Sultan was born on August 15, 1925. Her father was Egyptian and her mother was of Turkish origin.[1][3] She was the third of five siblings; one of her brother's was the renowned artist Mohammad Fawzi.[1][2]

Career

In 1950 she starred in her first film "Sit Al Husin" ("Master of Beauty"); soon after, she married the Turco-Egyptian actor Farid Shawki and the couple had formed a successful duo and acted together in numerous films.[1]

Some of her most notable works are the films "Imra’a Fil Tareeq" (A Woman in the Road), "Shai Fi Sadri" (Something in My Heart). Also Youssef Chahine's "Al Ikhtyar" (The Choice), and "Al Wadaa Ya Banopart" (Farewell Bonaparte).[1]

Personal life

Marriages

Sultan married five times: her first husband, Muhammad Nagiub, was a government official who did not agree to his wife's celebrity status and divorced her soon after her first movie. Her second husband was a movie producer, and her third husband was the Syrian Prince Fowad al-Atrash (brother of Farid al-Atrash), she divorced him in order to marry leading actor Farid Shawki.[2] She then married director Hassan Abdel Salam.

Children

Sultan had one daughter with Muhammad Nagiub, called Maha, and two daughters with Shawki, one of them, Nahed, who is a movie producer. Her granddaughter is actress Nahed El Sebai[2]

Death

In 2006 she passed away, at the age of 81 years, after a battle with lung cancer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Egyptian Musical Actress Huda Sultan, 81, Dies, Arab News, 2006, retrieved 10 September 2017, Huda’s original name is Bahija Abdul Aal Baho, and she was born on Aug. 15, 1925 to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother. She is also the sister of the late artist Mohammad Fawzi.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leading Egyptian actress dies, Al Jazeera, 2006, retrieved 21 September 2017
  3. ↑ Hoda Sultan, Egypt State Information Service, 2009, retrieved 24 September 2017
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