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Nouria Kazdarli, stage name of Khadidja Benaïda (1921 – 9 August 2020) was an Algerian actress. She was one of the largest names in theatre and small screen acting within
Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
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Biography

Kazdarli was born in
Ammi Moussa Ammi Moussa () is a town and commune in Relizane Province, Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the north ...
in 1921 to a family from Tissemsilet, a region in the north-central part of Algeria. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to
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. Here, she met Mustapha Bouhrir, who went by the pseudonym of Mustapha Kazdarli, and the couple married in 1939 before settling in
Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
. Mustapha worked for Électricité et gaz d'Algérie while Nouria worked as a seamstress. Mustapha Kazdarli discovered theatre while in Algiers, where he was introduced to a theatre troupe. Nouria Kazdarli quickly followed him to the troupe, joining him in 1945 while on a tour in
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. She adopted her husband's pseudonym of Kazdarli and changed her first name to Nouria, and subsequently asserted herself as a highly important actress. Nouria Kazdarli died on 9 August 2020 at the age of 99.


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1921 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Algerian actresses 21st-century Algerian actresses Algerian people of Tunisian descent People from Relizane Province {{Algeria-actor-stub