Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (13 March 1925 – 19 March 1997, ), better known as Shoukry Sarhan (), was an Egyptian

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. He is regarded as one of the greatest Egyptian actors of all time.

Life and career

Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya,

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on 13 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, ''Lahalibo'' (لهاليبو, "Lahaleebo"). His rise to stardom was in 1951 when

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, a famous Egyptian

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, chose him for the lead role in the movie '' Son of the Nile'' (ابن النيل, "''Ibn El-Nil''"). In 1957, he starred in Ezz El-Dine Zulficar's '' Return My Heart'' (رد قلبي, "''Rodda Qalbi''"). His notable films included Mahmoud Zulfikar's '' The Unknown Woman'' (المرأة المجهولة , "''Al-Mar'a Al-Maghoola''") Kamal El Sheikh's '' Chased by the Dogs'' (اللص والكلاب, "''Al-Less wal Kelab''") among many others. Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President

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honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with

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, in the movie '' Lelt El qabd 'Ala Fatema'' (ليلة القبض على فاطمة, "The Night of Fatima's Arrest"), which was directed by

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. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sahran's last movie was ''El-Gablawi'' (الجبلاوي) in 1991. He died on 19 March 1997, aged 72, in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarhan, Shukry 1925 births 1997 deaths Egyptian male film actors 20th-century Egyptian male actors People from Sharqia Governorate