
Acting
Laila Taher
Born
1939-03-13 (87)
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
79 titles
Egyptian actress.
Known for
NRBwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.
Bwabet Elhalwani
1992
NRDr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
10.0The story revolves around a sports editor named (Hesham), who chooses to marry (Dina) without consulting his mother, who controls his father. Many problems occur when he moves to live near his family, due to his mother's interference in his life and her falling into disputes with his wife.
Door to Door
2011
9.0No synopsis available yet.
محمد رسول الله
1980
5.0The series revolves around the teacher of the first Arabic language, Professor Ramadan (Mohamed Heneidy), who lives in a rural village called Mitt Bariz, who is very loved by the people of the village and tries to exploit their love to illuminate their insight into what the mayor and the People's Assembly member asked about this village of corruption. In the midst of events, he goes to France and some comic paradoxes occur.
Misyou Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda
2011
NRDirector: Mahmoud Abd Al-Razik (Director) Hamada Abdelwahhab (Director) (more) Writer: Abdullah Barakat (Writer) Cast: Aqeila Rateb Abdelazim Abdelhaqq Salwa Mahmoud Abd El Hafeez El Tetawy Sabri Abdel Aziz Huda Zaki (more)
عادات وتقاليد Adat W Takaleed
1972
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
NRRamez Abdel Badie, a journalist passionate about culture, neglects his family because of his work, while his colleague Ahmed chooses controversial topics that bring him trouble. The two soon find themselves facing unexpected challenges that change the course of their lives.
Old Habits Die Hard
2000
6.3Professor Ramadan is a feared and well respected teacher in a village, forced to take a job in the city teaching at a private school. He soon realizes that most of his students are infatuated with a famous singer whom he tries to ban all mention of within the school, only to fall in love with her himself.
Ramadan Mabrouk Abou El Allamen Hamouda
2008
1990s · 2 titles
NRThe story of the journalist writer Taher Abdel Zaher, who has principles but suffers from financial hardships. When one of his relatives dies, he inherits a theater from her, and after obtaining it, many of his principles change.
Laughter, Play and Music
1991
NRWhen Sherif returns from abroad, he befriends a group of unemployed junkies, including a girl whose father lives in Kuwait and sends her a lot of money, a young man who went mad because of drugs, and the son of a a major general who is separated from his wife.
The Coma
1998
1980s · 14 titles
10.0A historical epic about the battle of Qadiseya, which was helmed by the Arabian knight Saad Ibn Abi Waqas, and which enabled Muslims from conquering Persia in 636 A.D.
Al-Qadisiyya
1981
NRAisha, who sold her share in the house to save her husband Fahmy from going to prison after being accused of embezzlement, so that Fahmy marries a rich woman in order to grow his business and lives a double life, so what will Aisha do ?
The Law Doesn't Know Aisha
1987
6.0Ali and Hoda are a happy couple, on their wedding night Ali reveals that he has a psychological problem that makes him uncapable of sleeping with her.
The Law, Excuse Us
1985
NRIn a dramatic context, Radwa (the only daughter of Adel and Wafa) marries Khaled and they travel abroad. The parents begin to feel a great sense of emptiness after their only daughter travels, while Khaled’s sister, Laila, suffers from her problem of not having children.
Red mourning clothes
1987
6.4Hamdy lives with his wife Nadia and her young sister Samiha. He loves his wife’s sister and decide to get rid of his wife by killing her.
The Peacock
1982
5.5He was a student at the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Ahmed Halim (Adel Adham), who studied with his daughter Laila (Najwa Ibrahim). He was a student at the Faculty of Medicine. , And echoed on his workshop Iman (Moushira Ismail), the daughter of one of the wealthy, and impressed and loved him,
The Addict
1983
4.5Hassan Musharraf, a reformist, came from the countryside looking for a role in the capital. Meets different models of young deviant within the reformist, and faces the harsh treatment they are subjected to by supervisors of reform by treatment Better, and get the friendship of guests who improve their behavior and create an atmosphere of friendliness among everyone
Precausion is Mandatory
1983
NRThe events revolve around a wife who suspects her husband, so problems arise between them, so he lies to his wife and claims that his friend killed his wife because of her suspicion and jealousy, and that he entered a mental hospital so that she would be afraid and stop doubting.
The trap of marital happiness
1980
NRA successful married bank manager is wrongly accused in a prostitution case and the prosecutor is tough on her, so she is imprisoned and her life collapses. She gets out of prison to take revenge on the prosecutor and destroy everyone around him.
La Todamerni Maak
1986
NRThe family of (Hussein) the senior employee suffers from financial problems that make him unable to meet the needs of his family. One of the wealthy families applies to marry their son (Medhat) from their daughter (Mervat), so that the father falls into a financial dilemma, which drives him to pursue the profession of "discussion", in order to He can meet the needs of his family, which causes many problems
Al-Usta Al-Modeer
1988
NREnas (Magda El Khatib) and her husband Adel (Youssef Shaaban) covet her father Galal's (Farid Shawqi) wealth. As for her younger sister Hala (Yousra), she is kind to him and loves Khaled (Hatem Zulfikar). Galal marries Laila. Adel finds a document proving that his father-in-law Galal spent some time years ago in a mental hospital. Thus, Adel can obtain a power of attorney from his wife to seize his father-in-law's money and property.
Hakamt El-Mahkama
1981
NRDr. Hala is offered a lucrative deal to rent out her clinic, and she agrees. She begins enjoying her new life of financial comfort, until boredom and emptiness slowly creep back into her world.
The Life of a Modern Woman
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
أسعد الله مساءك
1987
NRAfter his brother graduates, Khaled proposes to Dalia, but after a while, he offers his family to live with them after his marriage in their apartment, due to the difficult costs of living. However, things do not stop there for the father and mother.
Mr. Aliwa's apartment
1989
1970s · 11 titles
NRLawyer Hassanein has an informal relationship with the dancer Dalal, and when his wife invites her to his birthday party, he finds no one but his friend, the poet Afifi, to ask him to play the role of Dalal's husband so that things do not get complicated.
Afifi's love affairs
1970
NRWhen Essam refuses to marry Aziza who is pregnant with his baby, Aziza dies in childbirth and asks her old neighbor to look after her child, Hedaya. Years pass by, and the girl grows up and gets unknowingly involved with her father's family.
Storm of Tears
1979
7.0Contractor Mahmoud Abdel Majeed is afflicted with cancer, and his children hide the truth about his illness from him. This man has two sons, the eldest, Mukhtar, has a weak personality, while the younger son, Amin, does not covet his father’s money and lives in isolation with his wife, Gigi. She has many ambitions to transfer ownership of the factory to Amin, but he considers her... The reason his gay friend committed suicide.
Cat on Fire
1977
5.7Mamdouh, Kamel and Fathi are three friends who work in one company. Kamel and Fathi are married and Mamdouh is a bachelor who rents a float for his pleasures. Kamel and Fathi visit his apartment to escape from their wives. Naima steals the jewelry of her employer, who chases her, so Naima gets into Mamdouh's car. Mamdouh takes Naima to the his place imagining he will spend a pleasant time with her, but the police arrives and arrests everyone.
The Demons Husbands
1977
7.5It is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a divorce, but he refuses. She is forced to go to court and file a divorce. Doria falls into the maze of the courts and is exposed to a series of problems and obstacles that undermine her dignity. Things get complicated when the husband comes with false witnesses testifying against her in secret. She loses her case after more than four years.
I Want a Solution
1975
4.5Mamdouh, a successful lawyer addicted to gambling, gives it up for his wife and starts playing at home with her. She soon becomes addicted herself, taking over his gambling habit and neglecting the household.
البيوت اسرار
1971
NRAfaf falls in love with Hesham, a theatre actor, despite the objections of her father. When her father tries to force her to marry someone else, Afaf runs away on her wedding day and goes to Hesham, who is going through a psychiatric crisis.
The Devil Makes Three
1978
NRThe life of a businessman called Kareem changes when he meets a girl called Yasmine who dreams of being a star.
Laiali Yasmeen
1978
7.0Qesmat is at crossroads as she suffers from her husband's neglect just as she encounters the open-minded Hesham who breathes new life and paints new color into her life. Rather unconsciously, she draws a constant comparison between her constantly-busy husband and Hesham.
On Cellophane Paper
1975
NRWhen she was a teenager, Nadia was raped by Essam, which led her to abhor sex so much that it caused her divorce from her husband Hussein. As she meets Ahmed and falls for him, Essam reappears in her life, prompting her to seek treatment for her trauma.
Confessions of a Woman
1971
NRA family travels by plane that ends up landing on an island, and one of them works there because of his ability to work, and the governor of the island and one of the family's daughters exchanges love.
Sana maa el shoghl el lazeez
1970
1960s · 26 titles
7.1The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Saladin
1963
7.0The film combines 3 separate stories .. The first story (Dunia Allah) to Naguib Mahfouz and starring Salah Mansour and Nahed Sharif .. Tell the story of a courier in a government service approached the age of the pension did not enjoy his life at all decides to embezzlement of employees salaries and travel to Alexandria with one of the girls on the street to enjoy several weeks He was convinced that he did not harm anyone because all the employees did not need a salary except for one employee who was burdened with social burdens.
Three Stories
1968
NRSalama falls into the clutches of a criminal who falsifies securities, as his financial condition is difficult. He makes a great fortune. He withdraws from the life of his cousin, who loves him, because he cannot confront her, as she represents his honorable past for him.
Night’s Doors
1969
6.7A prince of the former royal family finds himself without a meaningful role in post-revolutionary Egyptian society. Based on the play by Tawfiq el-Hakim.
Soft Hands
1963
8.0After he gets fired from his job as a teacher, Hamouda works in a company, and soon discovers that the manager is doing illegal work. He's offered to take part in the fraud and scheme, he quickly learns the ropes and becomes wealthy.
Al-modeer Al-Fanni
1965
10.0Helmi is a rich man who lost all of his money and started looking for a job; and the only one he found is requiring him to get married first.
A wife is needed immediately
1964
7.0Hafez takes advantage of his presidency of the Childhood Protection Association and his knowledge of the rich families, to cover up his criminal activity in which he kidnaps the children of these families in exchange for ransom.
A Hero Till the End
1963
7.7An aristocratic family is torn down after the death of its patriarch. He leaves alone his widow wife and five of his daughters and sons. His eldest son, Ahmed (Shukry Sarhan), takes the role of the man in the house and helps his mother take care of his brother and sisters. Mamdouh (Ahmed Ramzy), his brother, is a self-centered man who refuses to follow his brother’s step and decides to make his own decisions in his life.
The Sun Will Never Set
1961
6.4A difficult period in Egypt in the year 1947, when the villages of Egypt attacked cholera. A doctor (Shukri), who tried to serve the villagers to save them from poverty and hunger, is appointed in a village. (Adel Bey) The feudal lord of the village exploits its people to work on his land as forced labor and whoever objects to hand him over to a mental hospital, taking advantage of his influence.
Struggle of the Heroes
1962
8.0Jalal works in one of the workshops and studies engineering, and he falls in love with his neighbor, inspiration, and the teacher Qureshi fights him who wants to marry her, and calls for the work that you live with to pay off his debts.
Ya habibi
1960
NRSayed Masoud, an employee at the insurance company, has one last chance to save his face in front of his manager in the company due to his successive losses, and now he must deal with a boxer and protect him from any harm.
Akher Forsa
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Teenagers
1964
NRAbdel Aal decides to stand up to Tharwat and his monopoly of the fish trade, which affects the livelihood of the fishermen, especially since he knows about his past, which makes Tharwat angry because Abdel Aal is the only witness to his old crimes.
Lost Days
1965
9.0Alawi Bey squanders his wealth and seizes his late brother's estate and property. He did not know that his brother had married Souad after his wife's death. Souad files a lawsuit against him to recover the inheritance. Alawi believes that the best way to preserve the wealth is for his son Salah to marry Souad. Souad impersonates Enayat, the lawyer's fiancée.
Thaman Al-Hob
1963
9.0The work revolves around the love story between Nadia and Adel. On the day they agree to meet, Adel is forced to travel suddenly and sends a letter to Nadia, but it does not reach her, which leads her to despair and agree to the engagement of Adel Fathy's brother. Adel returns from his trip and events escalate.
Years of love
1963
10.0The film's events revolve around an engineer in a textile factory who has union activity and falls in love with his colleague in the factory. He tries to win the love of this girl and also the union in the factory, but the girl rejects him. The engineer asks his father to propose to the girl, but his father rejects this girl.
Divine Love
1960
NRNadia gets involved in a relationship with her lover Medhat and becomes pregnant. Medhat gets into a car accident and travels abroad to complete his treatment without Nadia knowing. She tells her sister Sohair about her tragedy. Sohair takes advantage of her husband's long business trip to America and attributes the baby to herself to save her sister's reputation.
A Wife Without a Man
1969
NRIn Abu Qir, two adjacent camps are set up, one for boys and one for girls. The supervisors of the two camps, Nadia and Hassan, must find a common ground when they clash over Nadia's strict attempts to keep the students separated by gender, and Hassan's wish to let them enjoy their vacation.
Girls Camp
1967
NREssam decides to escape the boredom of his marital life. He claims to his wife that he's going to Aswan for a work assignment, but goes to Alexandria to spend a recreational trip instead. When his wife finds out, she disguises herself as a playful blonde girl named Rosita to teach him a lesson.
Husband on Holiday
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الدبور
1964
9.0The story revolves around a combat nurse, her daughter's fiancé Nadia dies in an accident, and then she discovers that her daughter is pregnant, and when Nadia gives birth to her child Fathiya, the mother replaces her with a dead child.
A Woman in a Spiral
1962
8.0The Theater Lights Trio try to meet the singer Sabah, but her busy schedule forces her to postpone. As they grow to believe that the Maspero building's guard wants to kick them out, they go on a lot of comic adventures as they meet with a lot of celebrities including Shadya, Fayza Ahmed and Nagat.
Cairo at Night
1963
8.0Ilham's marriage to a highly successful - and often busy - lawyer is put to the test, and suspicions of infidelity arise.
Unfaithful
1965
9.0Sabah wants her father to marry her from a man she does not like, and can not find a solution but convince her cousin to marry her in front of people until her lover returns from abroad, her cousin plays the role well but he feels love towards her through the honeymoon trip in a hotel and hides it His feelings, and events follow.
الحب كده
1961
Released on 1962
Heera wa shabab
1962
7.0A lonely schoolteacher in Alexandria, she has a hearing impairment and wears a hearing aid asking to be assigned to Cairo, where no one knows her illness. She got to know Magdy and loved him, and had to tell him her secret, who showed no interest in her hearing impairment. He proposed to her, but his mother objected, fearing that her grandchildren would inherit their mother’s illness.
Wahida
1961
1950s · 3 titles
NRThe events revolve around Hosni, who suffers from a complexity towards women since childhood, which made him not trust any woman, he travels to Cairo to study, where he gets to know his neighbor Zainab, and begins to love her
She lived for love
1959
9.0Lula's father Abdel Hamid loses his wallet. Hussain finds it, and returns it to Abdel Hamid . Impressed by his honesty, Abdel Hamid gives him a job. Lola begins to woo him to forget her life with Aziz, and asks him to work for her.
Kiss Me in the Dark
1959
9.0Al-Hanash wants to marry the daughter of Jaber, his assistant in drug trafficking, in exchange for covering up Jabir's killing of Abu Hadid. But Amina refuses this marriage, and she is in a relationship with Hassan Ibn Abu Hadid.
Abo Hadeed
1958
Undated · 2 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
مسرحية نساء عالمات
—
NRA blind Chinese poet lives an extremely happy life, with a devoted wife by his side and a young son who represents his continuation in life. However, he discovers shocking truths about everyone around him when he suddenly regains his sight.
Qenaa Al Saadah
—
Series credits
NRBwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.
Bwabet Elhalwani
1992
NRDr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
10.0The story revolves around a sports editor named (Hesham), who chooses to marry (Dina) without consulting his mother, who controls his father. Many problems occur when he moves to live near his family, due to his mother's interference in his life and her falling into disputes with his wife.
Door to Door
2011
9.0No synopsis available yet.
محمد رسول الله
1980
5.0The series revolves around the teacher of the first Arabic language, Professor Ramadan (Mohamed Heneidy), who lives in a rural village called Mitt Bariz, who is very loved by the people of the village and tries to exploit their love to illuminate their insight into what the mayor and the People's Assembly member asked about this village of corruption. In the midst of events, he goes to France and some comic paradoxes occur.
Misyou Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda
2011
NRDirector: Mahmoud Abd Al-Razik (Director) Hamada Abdelwahhab (Director) (more) Writer: Abdullah Barakat (Writer) Cast: Aqeila Rateb Abdelazim Abdelhaqq Salwa Mahmoud Abd El Hafeez El Tetawy Sabri Abdel Aziz Huda Zaki (more)
عادات وتقاليد Adat W Takaleed
1972
No synopsis available yet.
ألف ليلة وليلة: ذات الخال
1998
8.0The series reviews the daily life of Professor Shalash, through a large number of comical situations and paradoxes that arise through his relationship with his wife and children, or his relationships with neighbors or with his colleagues at work
The Family Of Mr. Shalash
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
علاء وصفاء والأصدقاء
1987
NRThe series consists of separate episodes, each episode tells the story of a person who makes negative social mistakes that occur in society, and at the end of the story, the artist shows him the effects of the sage, such as the conscience that reprimands him for the mistakes he committed, so soon he returns to his mistake, so she returns again and discovers his action, and he is surprised.
Al Zankaloni
1987
No synopsis available yet.
ألف ليلة وليلة: معروف الإسكافي
1993
A social series that deals with separate stories about the nature of family and social relationships, whether at home, school, university or the workplace, and each story carried a separate title, including: Dr. Abdo - Girls ’Daughters Girls - Nights of Love and Permission - By God, we gathered again, Qamar - Al-Daloua and People - Vacations, Vacations, Vacations - No rest, No hospitality - A song for the homeland - Happy vacation - Listen to me - Hello cat - Crime and punishment.
Cairo and People
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
سعيكم مشكور Presumed Dead
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اوقات خادعة
1999
NRQueen in Exile follows a deposed royal forced to rebuild her life after political betrayal drives her from her homeland. As she navigates foreign courts, hidden enemies, and the weight of her past, she confronts loyalty, identity, and the personal cost of power lost and dignity reclaimed.
Queen in Exile
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الحلو ما يكملش
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Muatin bidarajat wazir
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الليل والبراري
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
مهلا أيها الخريف
1985
