Suad Husni

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Suad Husni

Suad Mohammad Husni El-Baba (or Souad Hosni or Soad Hosny) (Arabic:سعاد محمد حسني البابا) (January 26, 1942, in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt – June 22, 2001 in London) was an Egyptian actress. She was the 10th sibling from 17 brothers and sisters.

Husni was known as the "Cinderella" of Arab cinema and one of the most influential actresses in the Arabic art world. She ascended to stardom in the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991. A majority of her films were shot in the 1960s and 1970s.

In 2001, she either committed suicide or got murdered at the age of 59 by falling from the window of her closest friend's flat in London, England. She was under therapy for depression at the time, her death is under investigation and is generally considered a suicide. Husni sought out treatment in the United Kingdom after sustaining a spinal fracture that forced her to leave Egypt. She died on Abdel Halim Hafez's birthday – one of the many people who influenced her on screen and in her real life. Rumours persist that the two were secretly married for years.

Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film The Shepherd and the Women, directed by her ex-husband Ali Badrakhan.

1 Career
2 Family
- 2.1 Notable family members
- 2.2 Marriages
3 Death
4 Selected filmography
5 External links

[edit] Career

Suad Husni in her Glamour

Husni started her career at a very young age, through singing Okht El Qamar (Sister of the Moon) in the famous radio children program Baba Sharo.

A family friend, Abd ElRahman ElKhamissy (a writer / director) whom discovered her acting talent and asked an Arabic language teacher at the time to give her singing lessons.

Abd ElRahman was screening for the film ‘Hassan We Na’ima’, and wanted to present Hosny as his new discovery in the role of Na’ima. The film was produced and directed by Henry Barakat.

[edit] Family

Her final screen appearance was in a 1991 film directed by her ex-husband, Ali Badrakhan.

[edit] Notable family members

Father: Muhammad Husni - Arabic calligrapher
Half sister: Najat Al Saghira - Egyptian singer
Brother: Ezz Eldin Hosny - music composer
Uncle: Anwar El-Baba - comedian actor

[edit] Marriages

Husni was married for twelve years marriage to the film director Ali Badrakhan. She later married Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, the son of Fateen Abdel Wahab (film director) and Leila Mourad. It was rumored that Husni's first marriage was to the famous singer Abdel Halim Hafez.

[edit] Death

Husni died in London, England in 2001. This occurred after she had suffered severely from an unknown illness for five years. Husni had sought treatment in the UK after sustaining a spinal fracture which had forced her to leave Egypt. Unfortunately, in 2001, she was found on the sidewalk below the building in which she was living; she had fallen from the balcony of her apartment. Courts in England could not decide whether Husni has committed suicide or had been killed by her care-taker. In 2002, however, British courts decided that the cause of Husni's death had been suicide although substantial evidence suggested she had been murdered when she was found.