Leila Mourad

Leila Mourad

Nacimiento : 1918-02-17, Egypt

Muerte : 1995-11-21

Historia

Leila Mourad or Layla Morad (Arabic: ليلى مراد; February 17, 1918 – November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress, and one of the most prominent superstars in Egypt and the entire Arab world in her era. Born Lilian Zaki Ibrahim Mourad to an Egyptian Jewish family, known for their patriotism in 1918 in the El Daher District in Cairo, she later changed her name to Leila Mourad as a stage-name. She made her first stage appearance, aged nine, at the Saalat Badi'a, one of Cairo's most successful Music Halls. The theatre had been founded in 1926 by the actress and dancer Badia Masabni, who became Mourad's patron. Her first film appearance, aged fifteen, was in the 1932 " Al-Dahaaya " (The Victims) which had originally been made as a silent film. Her song, The Day of Departure, was added as part of the transformation of the production into a "talkie". She was trained by her father and Dawood Hosni, who was also Jewish. Hosni had composed the first operetta in the Arabic language, and he composed two songs for Leila: Hairana Leh Bein El-Eloub (Why can't you choose from among lovers), and Howa el dala'a ya'ani khessam (Does daliance mean avoiding me?). Further success came when the prominent Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab heard her singing and gave her a role in his film Yahia el Hob (Viva Love!) in 1938. In the six years following the success of Yahia el Hob she made five best selling films with director Togo Mizrahi, becoming Egypt's top actress. In 1945 she made Layla Bint al-Fuqara ("Layla, daughter of the poor") directed by Anwar Wagdi whom she married shortly after. She went on to make a further 20 films of which the most outstanding is Ghazel el-Banat ("The Flirtation of Girls"), also directed and co-starring Wagdi. It also featured Nagib al-Rihani and Abdel Wahab in their last appearances on film. In 1953, she was selected as the official singer of the Egyptian revolution. Shortly thereafter, a rumor that Mourad had visited Israel and donated money to its military raised suspicions of spying and caused some Arab radio stations to boycott her. She denied these allegations, no proof was found; and the charges against the singer were eventually dropped. Her decision to retire, aged 38, came with the failure of her last film, Al Habib al Majhoul (The Unknown Lover), the banning of her song, With Unity, Order, and Work, praising the Free Officers 1952 revolution and the outbreak of the 1956 war. Despite the immense popularity of her films, her singing career was over-shadowed by Um Kulthum who dominated Egypt's musical landscape. Leila Mourad made a few brief reappearances during Ramadan in 1970, when she was scheduled to read Salah Jaheen's "Fawazeer Ramadan" (Ramadan' puzzles), a daily traditional radio program held during the Holy month of Ramadan. Leila Mourad died in a Cairo hospital in 1995.

Perfil

Leila Mourad
Leila Mourad

Películas

The unknown beloved
Layla
Laila falls for Dr. Hussein who decides to marry her so that he could take on the responsibility for her heart surgery. Laila starts to believe that Hussein doesn't love her and that he only sees her as his patient, while Hussein thinks that Laila is in love with his friend.
Life is Love
Layla
Layla is a volunteer nurse at the red crescent helping the injured in Palestinian war. She falls in love with officer Adel , and during a raid he gets seriously injured and decides to disappear from her life. She gets married to her colleague and later discovers that Adel is in need of a critical surgery.
بنت الاكابر
Layla
The film belongs to a series of films like Anwar Wagdy, with his wife Laila Murad, who promoted the idea of alienating class differences between people, especially lovers. The film is not accurate in presenting the information it provides. For example, the titles of the film show that the songs of the film are written by Hussein al-Sayyid and are composed by Riad al-Sunbati. [1] The poster shows that the composer Ahmed Sidqi participated in the composition of the film, The religious "Ya Rayehin of the dear prophet" is written by Abu al-Saud al-Abiari as the records of the Egyptian radio
The Lady on the Train
Fekreyya Fawzy / Nadia Farid / Zakeyya
Famous singer Fekreyya Fawzy is married to Farid, a man devoured by gambling. While traveling by train, Fekreyya has an accident. Her husband orders that she hide herself so he can get the insurance money needed to cover his debts.
Flowers of Love
Elham
Shore of Love
Leila Mourad one of the Orient's Divas stars in this classic musical romance as a poor girl who marries a wealthy young man while others try to break them apart.
The Flirtation of Girls
Laila
Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.
Anbar
Anbar
Vim Anbar is a lyrical comedy film starring Laila Murad and Anwar Wagdy with a group of stars who participated with Laila Murad in singing the song that is dear to my heart. They are Ismail Yassin, Aziz Othman, Mahmoud Shoukoko,
Love and Youth
Directed by Niazi Mostafa.
My Heart is My Guide
Singer of the Valley
After the artist Wahid Fakhry travels around the world, he returns to Egypt to search for new talent for his impending project. He finds what he is looking for in the form of a poor girl who is selling Falafel.
Solomon's Ring
Layla El Sharkawy
Musical from the Egyptian Golden Age of cinema.
Leila, Daughter of the Poor
Directed by Anwar Wagdi.
Layla, Daughter of the Rich
Directed by Anwar Wagdi.
Victims of Love
wafaa
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
ليلى
leila
laila
A night film adapted from the story of Ghada al-Kamiliya produced in 1942 and directed by Togo Mizrahi
Layla
Arabic movie, Directed by Togo Mizrahi
Layla The Schoolgirl
Layla
The strict lawyer Yusuf receives his orphan cousin Laila at his place after she finishes her studies. She brings a fun and cheerful atmosphere to the palace. Yusuf starts embracing life but he falls in love with an unfaithful woman, and Laila tries to advise her.
Layla the Country Girl
ليلى
Laila is a rich rural girl raised by her aunt who succeeds in marrying her off to her son, a doctor who just returned from England. But the doctor lives a reckless life, and he looks down on Laila who turns into a beautiful modern girl after moving to Cairo.
Long Live Love!
Nadia
Egyptian film directed by Mohammed Karim.