Rushdy Abaza

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    August 3, 1926

    Day of Death

    July 27, 1980 (53 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Al Mansoura, Egypt

    Rushdy Abaza

    Biography

    An Egyptian actor, born in 1926 to an Italian mother and an Egyptian father. He obtained his baccalaureate from St. Mark's College in Alexandria, but did not complete his university studies due to his love of sports. He began his career in cinema when director Barakat assigned him an important role in the film The Little Millionairess in 1948. In 1950, he traveled to Italy for six months hoping to appear in Italian films, but he was not successful there. Among his most important films are: (A Woman on the Road), The Road, The Road of Hope, The Second Man, Struggle on the Nile, There Is a Man in Our House, and Wife No. 13). He died in 1980 after suffering from brain cancer.

    Known For

    • The Ten Commandments

      The Ten Commandments

      1956

    • Valley of the Kings

      Valley of the Kings

      1954

    • Sleepless

      Sleepless

      1957

    • A Man in Our House

      A Man in Our House

      1961

    • Oh Islam

      Oh Islam

      1961

    • Struggle on the Nile

      Struggle on the Nile

      1959

    • Wife Number 13

      Wife Number 13

      1962

    • Too Young for Love

      Too Young for Love

      1966

    • Smart but Stupid

      Smart but Stupid

      1980

    • Life or Death

      Life or Death

      1954

    • Jamila, the Algerian

      Jamila, the Algerian

      1958

    • A woman on the Road

      A woman on the Road

      1958

    • Arouss el Nil

      Arouss el Nil

      1963

    • Sunset and Sunrise

      Sunset and Sunrise

      1970

    • Word of Honour

      Word of Honour

      1973