Wedad Hamdi
وداد حمدى
Born	Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah (1924-03-07)7 March 1924 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
Died	26 March 1994(1994-03-26) (aged 70) Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt
Cause of death	Stabbing
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1945–1994
Spouses	Mehammad Elmogi Salah Kabil Mehammad Eltukhi

Wedad Hamdi^[a] (Egyptian Arabic: وداد حمدى) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.^[1]

Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years.^[2] Hamdi started her career as a singer.^[1]

Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).^[3]

She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.^[2]

Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.^[3]

Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed.^[2] She died with very little money to her name.^[4]

• This Was My Father's Crime (1945)
• Bread and Salt (1949)
• The Love Office (1950)
• A Million Pounds (1954)
• Miss Hanafi (1954)
• Fatawat el Husseinia (1955)
• The Female Boss (1959)
• Forbidden Women (1959)
• Hassan and Nayima (1959)
• Love and Adoration (1960)
• A Storm of Love (1961)
• Wife Number 13 (1962)
• Soft Hands (1963)
• In Summer We Must Love (1974)
• Whom Should We Shoot? (1975)
• Mouths and Rabbits (1977)
• Min Fadlik Wa Ihsanik (1986)
• My Dear, We’re All Thieves (1989)

• The Return of the Spirit (1977)

• Azeeza and Younis (Azeeza W Younis)
• 20 Hens and a Rooster (20 farkha we deek)
• A Game Called Love (L’eba esmaha al-hobb)
• Mother of Rateeba (Om-Rateeba)

• Cinema of Egypt
• Lists of Egyptian films

• Widad Hamdi at IMDb 

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