Sanaa Mazhar (; August 17, 1932 – August 6, 2018) was an Egyptian actress, one of the three girls in the film "Bayya'et el Garayed" with Magda al-Sabahi and

Naima Akef Naima Akef (,‎ ; 7 October 1929 – 23 April 1966) was an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She was prolific during the Egyptian cinema's golden age and starred in many films of the time. Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta The Nil ...

Life and career

Mazhar was born on 17 August 1932. She married a man who died in the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S ...

in 1973, and she never married again. She was one of the three girls in ''Bayaat Al Jarid'' with

Magda Magda may refer to: * Magda (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Marinko Magda (born 1963), Serbian mass murderer * Magda, São Paulo, Brazil, a municipality * Heimat (play), ''Heimat'' (play), commonly ...

and

. She acted in '' Dearer than My Life'' (1965). Mazhar acted with notable actresses like Hind Rostom,

Nadia Lutfi Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Lotfi (; born Paula Mohamed Mostafa Shafik (); 3 January 1937 – 4 February 2020), was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the most popular actresses of Egyptian cinema's golden age. Early ...

, Nagat El-Sagheera,

Shadia Fatma Ahmad Kamal Shaker (; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia (, ''Shādya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and Drama (film and television), drama in th ...

, and with notable actors like

Salah Zulfikar Salah El-Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (, ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a Egyptian National Police, police officer, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one o ...

and

Rushdy Abaza Rushdy Saiid Bughdadi Abaza () (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous. He died of brain cancer at t ...

. She participated in many historical works, playing roles as "Queen of Saba". She was very sensitive to some of the stars who asked her to change the color of her hair. She also used to design all the details of her artistic personality from her hairstyle, her hair ties and accessories. Mazhar preferred to live quietly, away from the glamor of stardom and fame, like an ordinary Egyptian woman. She wore the

hijab Hijab (, ) refers to head coverings worn by Women in Islam, Muslim women. Similar to the mitpaḥat/tichel or Snood (headgear), snood worn by religious married Jewish women, certain Christian head covering, headcoverings worn by some Christian w ...

and retired completely in 1985. She was never ashamed of any of her prior works. It is reported that

Yusuf Sibai Yusuf Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Wahab Al-Sibai (; June 17, 1917 – February 18, 1978) was an Egyptians, Egyptian writer, soldier, and politician. Early life and education Sibai was born in 1919. He graduated at the Egyptian Military Academy in 19 ...

had offered her roles in his film productions but she refused because it had scenes of lust. She died on the morning of 6 August 2018 at the age of 86 years.حيل الفنانة المصرية سناء مظهر عن 86 عاما

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazhar, Sanaa 1932 births 2018 deaths Egyptian film actresses Egyptian Muslims 20th-century Egyptian actresses