Mariam Al Ghadban

Acting

Mariam Al Ghadban

Born — Died

1984-11-20 — 2004-06-03

Place of birth

Kuwait

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

A Kuwaiti actress, born on November 20, 1948. She was one of the first two Kuwaiti women besides Mariam Al Saleh to stand on stage in Kuwait. She acted while she was a school student in the play Obedience in the mid-fifties. She worked as a professional actress in the play Falcon of Koraish in the theatrical season 1960/1961. She also participated in many television and radio programs as a director and actress. She joined the People Theater Troupe and the Kuwait Artists Association. She presented one of the most comedic roles in the play Bye Bye London with Abdul Husain Abdul Reda. Her last work was the series Diary of a Retiree (1995). Her fans among the Gulf fans called her "Hababa". She …

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 10 titles

Bye Bye London poster
8.0

A comedy about an old married man that travels to London with his nephew who does his to save him from exposure to fraud, and being mugged in London, the play also covers some political aspects and projections in addition to social criticism of some of the Arab situations.

Bye Bye London

1982

The Silence poster
NR

The events take place in Kuwait in the 1940s before the advent of oil, and the story of a shy love in the conservative society between Mary and Khalifa, and the obstacles they face.

The Silence

1980

Sadouh poster
NR

The events take place in a fantasy framework around a disassembled family whose members only care about money, a creature from the planet Mercury comes to it that meets the requests of each individual for the family individually on the condition that he is repaired and his family is circled to become an ideal family to follow.

Sadouh

1989

With Apricots poster
NR

A Kuwaiti family offered the upper floor of their house for rent, then later there was a housing crisis and the children of the family became of marriageable age, and from here the problem of acquiring the upper floor begins, first, with the solidarity of the family members to take out the lessor, and secondly, the conflict between the sons of the same family to acquire the upper floor

With Apricots

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

عزل السوق

1981

Patience has limits poster
6.0

An Old traditional Kuwaiti Family, facing and new wife comes to home from Egypt as home maid, this is when the jealousy start between the old wife and the new maid.

Patience has limits

1980

Adults do it poster
NR

The adults do it, a Kuwaiti play that was shown in 1982.

Adults do it

1982

العصابة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

العصابة

1987

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila poster
NR

The events revolve around a grandmother who tells her grandchildren an ancient mythical story, through which many old and contemporary social issues are highlighted in order to give life lessons.

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila

1987

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الانسان الالي

1985

1970s · 8 titles

1960s · 8 titles

Series credits

Means Well poster
6.5

Abu Radh, a crafty and opportunistic mailman, projects an image of poverty to those around him. In reality, he's a silent partner in multiple lucrative ventures that have made him incredibly wealthy. As he juggles his secret fortune with his humble facade, the question remains: can he keep his hidden wealth under wraps, or will the truth eventually catch up to him?

Means Well

1993

Iftah Ya Simsim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Iftah Ya Simsim

1979

My Aunt Qumasha poster
8.7

A controlling mother who spies on her children and their spouses by installing cameras in their rooms is caught in a web of problems when one of her daughters-in-law finds out.

My Aunt Qumasha

1983

A family Over A Hot Oven poster
NR

A Kuwaiti series that takes place in a comedy setting, about the miser (Abu Saleh), his wife (Fatima), his daughter (Hayla), and his son (Saleh), arising between the mother of Fatima's mother and her husband Saleh many problems because of his sadness. While Hamdan lives with his sister Al-Ansabya, who is looking to marry anyone.

A family Over A Hot Oven

1987

Bumutih Yush Mutih Yatish poster
NR

A family comedy series, set in a social context, about the Bu Muteih family - Salem Al Muhtaraj - and his wife Moza, and the relationships between them and those around them.

Bumutih Yush Mutih Yatish

1993

بوصالح يريد حلا poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

بوصالح يريد حلا

1985

Habbabah poster
9.0

The events revolve around the grandmother (Hababa), who tells her granddaughter Lulwa and Nadia every day a story from the stories of the Thousand and One Nights, so that the scenes follow between the grandmother and the events of the story she tells, and the stories shed light on human values and social issues.

Habbabah

1978

Harassment poster
NR

Mansour marries Hayat, and he thinks that he will live a simple, decent life with her, but he is surprised by her mother’s interference in all their affairs, and debts control him, and every time he tries to overcome his problems, he falls into another problem.

Harassment

1988

He Came Back, But poster
NR

Fouad Bukrouh leaves his wife Naima because of his many problems with her and her brothers Rami and Hanadi in order to live away from them simply and away from problems, but Naima does not leave him as she pursues him in order to bring him home by making plans with the help of her neighbor Laila, which aims through these plans to continue the problems between Naima and Fouad in order to She takes money from Naima.

He Came Back, But

1989

Sulaiman Al-Tayeb poster
8.3

The story of Suleiman deals with the single 40-year-old man who lives with his misery mother and controls him and refuses his marriage so that his wife does not have children to inherit him, and the attempts of her speaking relative Umm Faisal to convince her to marry her son fail, until the speech decides to challenge Um Suleiman and cooperate with her relative, the widow Taiba, in order to marry her to Suleiman with trick.

Sulaiman Al-Tayeb

1993

Keep trying poster
NR

The Kuwaiti comedy series حاور زاور, produced in 1972, features a series of humorous and socially reflective scenarios centered around everyday challenges and misunderstandings in Kuwaiti society. Each episode presents a standalone comedic plot that draws on interactions among neighbors, friends, and family, using humor to highlight social issues and relationship creating an engaging viewing experience that resonated with audiences of the time.

Keep trying

1972

The Family poster
10.0

Everyone in Hamad’s family has his own affairs: Taiba is a domineering wife who takes on the responsibilities of the house, Salem continues his studies abroad, Bashayer tries to work after graduation in the field of journalism, Nasser plays football without interest in studying, and Tahani wants to marry because she does not want to continue her studies.

The Family

1990

daily life of a retierd man poster
NR

The events revolve around Abu Saleh, the municipal controller who retires from Amma because of his desire to try entrepreneurship. He works with his friend Abu Ahmed on several projects, but they are all failed, and with the succession of events, Abu Saleh decides to return to his previous job.

daily life of a retierd man

1995