Suad Nasr Abd El Aziz (; 26 December 1953 – 5 January 2007) was an Egyptian

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, and film

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. She was born in

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. Her fame grew due to her role as the character "Maisa", whom she played in the TV series ''Wanees's Diary'', during its first five parts, which began in 1994.

Life

Early life

She was born on December 26, 1953, in

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, and was aspiring and striving to be a

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. However, she ended up joining the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts, from which she graduated in 1975.

Career beginnings

She performed a tragic scene in the story of "Yaseen and Bahia" during her graduation project, which announced her birth as an artist who could professionally perform. Her first appearance was in the play "The Dabbash Family" by the first one to help her in that world, according to what she said in a press interview, Samir Al-Asfouri, and her first recorded appearance was in 1971 when she participated during her studies in the play "Yassin Weldi", which was directed by her discoverer to comedy Karam Mutawa. He found in her a comedian, contrary to what she thought, that she is only suitable for tragedy. At the beginning of her career, she participated in several works, including the movie "An Apartment in Wist El-Balad", the TV series "Deserted Beach", and the play "The Lesson Is Over, Stupid" in 1975, so her roles varied across cinema, television and theater, and she had a mark in every way.

Career

In 1982, she made her real breakthrough through her participation in the movie "The Fatal Jealousy" and "An Egyptian Story". She then rolled her cinematic roles in which the most prominent was her role in the movie "Here Cairo", which placed her in the ranks of comedy stars in Egypt through her simple performance of the Upper-Egyptian woman character who goes with her husband to visit Cairo, whose character was played by artist Mohamed Sobhi. She excelled in theatre after participating in the play ''The Barbaric'' in 1985, and the play ''The Family of Wanees'' in 1997. She also participated with him in two of the most successful Arab comedy TV series, namely "Rehlat Al Million" in 1984, and "Wanees's Diaries" with its first five parts that started in 1994, and the role of the character "Maysa", whom she played achieved an unrivaled public success that she mentioned in some press interviews that fans call her "Mama Maysa". She worked again with director

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in the movie '' Alexandria-New York'' in 2004, after which she participated in her last work, "Life is the maximum of delight" in 2005.

Death

She underwent a

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in a Cairo hospital, and went into a

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that lasted for a year after she was given an anesthetic dose in preparation as a liposuction procedure. Her last words before her death were: "My Lord, if you send my soul into me, then send it pure, and if I die, then make me die with the righteous ones." In a statement attributed to her second husband, the petroleum engineer Muhammad Abdel Moneim, as he stated, according to some newspapers, that she recovered from her coma for about five minutes, and she requested him to be buried quickly if she died, and that her family would stay for about an hour at her grave to pray for her. Her daughter, Fayrouz, is said to be a witness to another incident, which is her vision, which is said that she had predicted her death from. Then she died on January 5, 2007, leaving behind a beautiful legacy of work and great love in the hearts of those who loved her. The ordeal of her illness was accompanied by many accusations from the press to the anesthesiologist responsible for the operation, and he was sentenced to three years imprisonment, and on bail of to stop the sentence, but the charge was eventually dropped.

Filmography

*''Emraah Bela Qalb'' 1978 *''Al Gheerah Al Katelah'' 1982 *''Khalil Baad El Taadeel'' 1987 *''Haddoutah Masreyyah'' 1982 *''Al Bedayah'' 1986 *''Shakka Fi West Al Balad'' 1975 *''Gawaz Be Karar Gomhoory'' 2001 *''Hona Al Qahera'' 1985 *''Ahlam Aadeyya'' 2005 *''Aly Spicy'' 2005 *''Khareef Aadm'' 2002 *'' Alexandria-New York'' 2004 *''Life is the maximum of delight'' 2005

Theatre

* Goz w'Loz * Al-Hamagy * Yawmeyat wanis * Teksab ya Kheisha

Television

* Rihlat Al Melyoun * Yawmiat Wanis (the first 5 parts)

References

External links

*
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