Assia Dagher ( ar, آسيا داغر; 6 March 1908 – 12 January 1986) was a

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- Egyptian actress and film producer.

Biography

Dagher (Almaza Dagher) was born in

Tannourine Tannourine ( ar, تنورين, also Tannoureen, Tannorine) is a Lebanese town located in the Batroun District, part of the Governorate of North Lebanon, 80 km from the capital Beirut. Tannourine is formed by a cluster of mountain settlements lo ...

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on March 6, 1908. She moved to

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with her sister Mary, and niece

Mary Queeny Mary Queeny ( ar, ماري كويني; 1913–2003) was a Lebanese born Egyptian actress and film producer. Biography She was born Mary Boutros Younis in 1913 to a Lebanese Christian family in Lebanon. Her mother's cousin was Asaad Dagher, a writ ...

in 1919, when she was only 11 years old, after the French occupation of Syria and Lebanon. She stayed with Asaad Dagher, her cousin, who was a

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and

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at the famous

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newspaper. She got the Egyptian nationality in 1933. The first time she acted was in 1926 in a film called ''Laila'', directed by Wadad Orfi. Dagher was the first Lebanese to be on the big screen. She produced over 100 films including ''

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'' (1957) and ''

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'' (1963) and played the lead role in only 20 of them.

Filmography

As Producer

As Actress

References

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* 1908 births 1986 deaths Egyptian film actresses Egyptian writers Lebanese film actresses Lebanese emigrants to Egypt Lebanese writers People from Tannourine Naturalized citizens of Egypt 20th-century Egyptian actresses {{Egypt-actor-stub