Lobna Abdel Aziz

Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Lobna Abdelaziz or Lobna Abd- el-aziz (born August 1, 1935) is an Egyptian actress.
Early life
She was born in Cairo, educated at St. Mary's School, and later completed her education at the The American University in Cairo. She completed her master's degree in acting at the University of California in Los Angeles, United States.
Career
Lubna Abdel Aziz began acting through the university’s acting team, where she presented theatrical performances on the university’s stage that drew the attention of theater critics to her acting talent, as happened when she presented the play The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. Afterwards, film offers rained down on her, but she rejected them all for completing her studies at university, she obtained a scholarship to study at the University of California, which took her a while away from her passion for acting. She presented a radio European program for children called: Mama Lulu while she was 10 years old.
Abdel Aziz was chosen by Salah Abu Seif to present the radio series The Empty Pillow. She began her professional career in a leading role opposite Abdel Halim Hafez in The Empty Pillow (1957), which she starred in radio before. During her cinematic career, Lobna Abdel Aziz starred in 18 films, the most notable of which are: The Empty Pillow (1957), This is Love (1958), I Am Free (1959), Oh Islam (1961), The Love of the Masters (1961), Oh from Eve (1962), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962), Bride of the Nile (1963), The Beggar’s Strike (1967), The Vandals (1967), The Defect (1967). Despite her short career and her early retirement, all of her roles were leading roles. She retired from acting work in 1967 after a 10-year career. While in the United States, She got the scholarship of "Fulbright "and studied drama at the University of Washington. She used to write to El Ahram newspaper and she got her PhD. In 1988 she returned to Egypt and presented her old program that won the Radio Festival Award in episodes of St. in front of Roger Moore. After 40 years of retirement, she returned in 2007 for the miniseries The Yacoubian Building based on the novel of Alaa El Aswany under the same name.
Director Youssef Chahine, who was considered her closest friend, and despite that, she refused to participate with him in any film he directed, and the secret of that was her husband Ramses Naguib, and he told her that Chahine had no experience in directing, but he was only a good cinematographer. She tried to convince her husband to work with him, but he stubbornly refused until she separated from him, married again, and traveled to the United States for 30 years. After she returned in the year 2000, Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef came to her to convince her to star in one of the works and realize their common dream, but she refused to work, which caused shock to Youssef Chahine and he died angry with her.
Family
Her father was Egyptian author Hamed Abdelaziz. In her early life she was married outside Egypt to the famous rich Egyptian producer Ramsis Nagib. He divorced her later in Egypt against her will and his will although they were loving each other and happy together. She read news of her divorce in a journal before she was divorced. Ramsis Nagib kept his Christian religion during marriage of Lobna Abdelaziz by marrying her outside Egypt to overcome Egyptian laws which ban such marriage, this is proved by court's sentence. After that she married Ismael Barrada with whom she had two daughters. Ismael died after more than 40 years of their marriage.
Selected filmography
2011: Geddo Habibi = Grandpa My Darling
1967: Edrab El Shahhatin = Strike Of Beggars
1967: El Mokharrebun = The Vandals
1967: El Eib = The Defect
1965: Slalom (Italian) = Zigzag
1963: Aroos El Nil = Bride of the Nile
1962: Ressalah min emraa maghoula= Letter from an Unknown Woman
1962: Ah Men hawwa = Ah 0f Eve
1961: Wa Islamah = Oh Islam
1961: Gharam El Asyad = Masters Love
1959: Ana Horra = I'm Free
1957: Huda = Huda
1957: El Wesadah El Khaliyah = The Empty Pillow
Television
2007: Emaret Yakobyan (television series not movie)= Yakobyan Building
Theatre
2010: Sokkar Hanem (theatrical play not movie)=Lady Sugar
See also
Egyptian films of the 1960s
Lists of Egyptians
References
External links
1935 births
Egyptian television actresses
20th-century Egyptian actresses
Egyptian film actresses
Living people
Actresses from Cairo