About

Known credits:
70
Birthday:
1929-11-11
Place of birth:
Alexandria, Egypt
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Hind Rostom

Overview

Hind Rostom was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in Egyptian cinema. She was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria on November 12, 1929, to a middle-class Turkish father and an Egyptian mother. She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her breakthrough was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night). Her known films include Ibn Hamido (1957), Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station (1958) with Farid Shawqi, Salah Abu Seif's Sleepless (1958) with Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, and Rushdy Abaza, Struggle in the Nile (1959) with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza, and Chafika el Koptia (Chafika the Coptic Girl) in 1963. Rostom was known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, dubbed "Marilyn Monroe of the East". She starred in more than 80 movies in her career.

She retired from acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.

Rostom would later turn down an offer of one million Egyptian pounds for her biography in December 2002. This offer was made by an Egyptian satellite channel that wanted to portray her life story as a drama series. She was asked to submit a complete history of her past achievements, and work experiences with prominent actors and filmmakers of the past, such as Farid Shawqi, Youssef Chahine, Shoukry Sarhan, and Shadia. The actress stated that she refused to sell her life as a means of entertainment and felt that her personal life was of her concern and no one else. In 2004, she refused to accept Egypt's State Merit Award in Arts, "The award came too late, I'm not placed on the shelf for them to pick me whenever they want, there's only one Hind Rostom in the Middle East, and let's consider that the number of my generation star actresses isn't that big enough to ignore us, and also it's not appropriate to honor me after years of honoring people who are less than me, another point is that I also refuse for them to honor me before Shadia, she deserved it and she was a star for a long time before me", Rostom commented. On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.

Known for

Acting
2016 Like A Matchstick Actor 59
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1979 My Life is Hell Actor N/A
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1975 The Meek Actor N/A
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1975 Coward in Love Actor Soad Hanim 58
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1973 Desire and Loss Actor Nahed N/A
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1973 Word of Honour Actor Nahed 59
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1972 The Den of the Wicked Actor Fayza N/A
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1972 The Greatest Kid in the World Actor N/A
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1971 My Beautiful Teacher Actor Nadia N/A
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1969 Sweet Aziza Actor عزيزة N/A
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1967 El Khouroug Min El Guana Actor Anan 59
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1966 Sayed Darwish Actor جليلة N/A
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1966 Huwa wa el nessaa Actor N/A
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1966 The Single Husband Actor Azhar N/A
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1966 Three Thieves Actor 59
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1966 رجل وامرأتان Actor N/A
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1966 Tofahet Adam Actor N/A
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1966 Shayateen El Leyl Actor Rawheya N/A
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1965 The Nun Actor Hoda/Sonia N/A
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1965 the eternal love Actor امينة N/A
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1964 A Husband’s Confession Actor Buthaina 59
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1963 Woman on the Margin Actor N/A
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1963 Shafiqa Al-Qibtiya Actor Shafiqa Al-Qibtiya N/A
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1961 ست البنات Actor mounria N/A
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1961 Blood on the Nile Actor Ghalia N/A
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1961 Big Teenager Actor Sonia N/A
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1961 طريق الأبطال Actor نور عبدالله N/A
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1960 Eshaet Hob Actor Hind Rostom 59
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1960 رجل بلا قلب Actor عايدة N/A
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1960 Men in the Storm Actor Aziza N/A
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1959 Between Heaven and Earth Actor ناهد شكري 59
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1959 Struggle on the Nile Actor نرجس(الراقصة) 59
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1959 The Surprises Motel Actor نبلة الراقصة N/A
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1959 Bufakkar filli nassini Actor N/A
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1959 Kiss Me in the Dark Actor لولا N/A
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1958 The Big Brother Actor Rawhaya N/A
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1958 The Silent Love Actor N/A
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1958 عواطف Actor N/A
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1958 Cairo Station Actor Hanuma 61
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1958 Tuha Actor توحة N/A
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1958 Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital Actor Teama 59
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1958 The Charmer Actor Aziza 58
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1957 Return My Heart Actor الراقصة كريمة 59
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1957 Sleepless Actor Kawthar 59
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1957 The Great Love Actor N/A
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1957 Lovers of the Night Actor N/A
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1957 You Are My Love Actor نانا (الراقصة) N/A
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1957 Ibn Hamidu Actor عزيزة 59
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1957 You Are My Darling Actor N/A
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1957 Nisaa Fi Hayaty Actor Fathiya N/A
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1956 Enta Habibi Actor 61
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1955 Flesh Actor N/A
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1955 Banat Al-Lail Actor N/A
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1955 Love Crime Actor N/A
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1954 Victory of Love Actor N/A
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1954 It happened one night Actor N/A
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1954 Women Can’t Lie Actor Nabwiya 59
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1954 El naas makamat Actor Daughter of Riad Pasha N/A
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1954 Love letter Actor Latifa N/A
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1954 Banat Hawaa Actor N/A
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1953 Love In The Darkness Actor N/A
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1953 اللقاء الأخير Actor N/A
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1953 طريق السعادة Actor هند N/A
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1952 The Victory of Islam Actor N/A
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1952 El Dam Yehen Actor N/A
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1950 Baba Amin Actor Sonia 59
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1949 Owner of Few Piasters Actor N/A
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1949 The Flirtation of Girls Actor كومبارس صامت 59
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1948 Soul and body Actor N/A
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الحب الأخير Actor N/A
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