Magda el-Sabahi

Magda el-Sabbahi, commonly known as Magda (6 May 1931 – 16 January 2020) was an Egyptian film actress and producer notable for her roles in Egyptian cinema from 1949 to 1994. With a career spanning almost five decades, Magda was prolific in the golden age of the Egyptian cinema as an actress and a producer. She appeared in 69 films garnering recognition both locally and internationally.

Born in Tanta, Gharbia to a wealthy family of Shebin El-Kom, Monoufia, Magda spent parts of her childhood in Shebin El-Kom. She attended boarding school. She then settled in Cairo in 1949 to pursue her acting career. During the 1950s, Magda established herself as a leading lady and one of the era's top stars with films like Injustice Is Forbidden (1954), Miss Hanafi (1954), Allah maana, (1955), Ayna Omri (1957), and Gamila l'Algérienne (1958). She continued her film career for three more decades, starring in successful films such as; Qays wa Laila (1960), El Morahekat (1961), Agazet Noss el Sana (1962), The Naked Truth (1963), Bayya'et el Garayed (1964), The Yemeni Revolution (1966), The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1968), El Naddaha (1975), and EL Omr Lahzah (1978). She continued to act irregularly until 1994, she died in 2020 in Cairo, at the age of 88.