Leila Karam (Arabic: ليلى كرم, born 1928, died 2 December 2008)[1] was a Lebanese actress. Her major contributions were in the 1970s and 1980s in many Lebanese and Egyptian movies, plays and TV series of Tele Liban.
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Karam began her career in broadcast media in 1956, at Near East Radio.[2] Soon after television came to Lebanon in 1959, she starred as the mother in the series Abou Melhem.[2]
Her last role was as a brothel madam in the 1998 film, West Beirut.
Leila Karam was married, and has one son. Her elder sister Nabila Karam is also actress. She died on 2 December 2008 in a hospital in Beirut after a long illness.[1]
| Film / Series Name | Year | Genre | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abou Melhem show | TV Series | Um Melhem | Starring with Adeeb Haddad | ||
| Al akhrass | TV Series | ||||
| Beirut bil Layl (Beirut by Night) | TV Series | Hassan el Miliji | |||
| Al Nahr (The River) | TV Series | ||||
| Ibrahim Afandi | TV Series | ||||
| Captain Bob | TV Series | Zarifeh | With Ibrahim Meraachli, Hind Abi-Llama | ||
| Al Mouaallima Wal Oustaz (The teacher and the professor) | TV Series | Zarifeh | With Ibrahim Meraachli, Hind Abi-Llama | ||
| Al Bou'asa' (Les Misérables) | TV Series | ||||
| Abou 'lmarajel | TV Series | ||||
| Fares w Njoud | TV Series | ||||
| Hawl Ghourfati (Around my bedroom) | TV Series | With Hind Abi-Llama | |||
| Allo, Hayete (Allo, My Love) | TV Series | ||||
| As Sarab | TV Series | ||||
| Ghouroub | TV Series | ||||
| Al Asira (The prisonier) | 1980 | TV Series | |||
| Eddouniya Heik (Life is like that) | 1980 | TV Series | Wardeh | Mouhammad Chamel | |
| Al Amir al Ahmar (The Red Prince) | 1973 | Play | |||
| Mayss el Rim | Play | Rahbani brothers | |||
| Al Mouamara moustamirra | 1980 | Play | Rahbani brothers | ||
| Bint al Haress (The Guardian's Daughter) | 1967 | Film | Rahbani brothers | ||
| Safar Barlik (The Exile) | 1967 | Film | Zahia | [[Rahbani brothers] | |
| Nagham fi hayati (Melody in my life) | 1975 | Film | |||
| Houbbi lazi la yamout (My never dying Love) | 1983 | Film | |||
| Hamsat al shaytan (devils whisper) | Film | ||||
| West Beirut | 1998 | Film | Oum Walid, Brothel Madam | Ziad Doueiri |
"They don't remember us except when we are dead, that is if they do, so why should we remember them or show our admiration."[1]