
Acting
Soheir El Morshedy
Born
1946-03-21 (80)
Place of birth
Tanta, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
41 titles
Soheir El Morshedy is an Egyptian actress. She was born in 1946 in the city of Tanta, and then moved with her family to Cairo. Her acting talent started showing up during high school, and she then went on to study acting and directing at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts, and started her professional career in the late 1960s, through small roles in films like "El Bostagy" (The Postman), and she rose to prominence in the 1970's, and began to get cast in her most notable major roles in films like "Banat fel Gamaa" (Girls In University), "Awdet Al-Ibn Al-Dal" (The Return of the Prodigal Son). She is also best known for her television work, which includes roles in "Arabesque" and "Layaly Elh…
Known for
8.2A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.
El Helmeya Nights
1987
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
6.2An Egyptian doctor becomes a police informant and uses his rare gift of tracking ancient artifacts in the smuggling business.
Tayee
2018
8.0The series follows the life of Hassan, an old chivalrous Arabesque workshop owner who lives in a poor neighborhood with his family. The series provides an insight into the day-to-day struggles of the family as Hassan gets involved in much of their neighbors' disputes and affairs.
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
1994
NRAfter Jaber travels from Upper Egypt to Cairo because of revenge, fate throws him in the path of Mohra, the struggling woman who is raising her two brothers, and a love story arises between them, through which they challenge their difficult circumstances.
Gunfire
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
جواري بلا قيود
1984
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
2.5A widow living with her daughter and sister-in-law attempt to forget a scandal committed by her late husband.
Untamed Desire
1991
NRThe wealthy lady Nora decides to pawn her jewelry because she needs money. Samah, the employee in the store, takes advantage of Nora's features being similar to those of her brother's wife, Camelia, and decides to seize the jewelry.
Ehteyal
1990
1970s · 15 titles
6.4Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976
NRSergeant Radwan works in a reformatory for the youth and treats them harshly, until the social worker Karima arrives and treats everyone gently, which angers Radwan, especially as three prisoners, Samir, Abdel Fadil, and Nabil, plan to escape.
Bela Rahma
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
One + one
1971
8.0Syrian-Palestinian film The Knife (1971), based on Palestinian revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani‘s novella All That’s Left To You; an allegorical story of Palestinian attachment to land and family, and the sorrow over their loss.
The Knife
1972
NRA Basha is furious when he learns that his son Zaki had an affair with his cousin Hosnia, he also knows that she's pregnant. He makes her marry Ibrahim, one of the peasants working in his land, who rejoices at first but after the sixth month of his marriage, he finds Hosnia giving birth to a child.
يا رب توبة
1975
NRThe lives of a group of girls who depart from the strict world of school to the open world of college
College Girls
1971
NRAs Marmar enrolls in the Faculty of Girls, she moves from Beni Suef to Cairo to live with her aunt's family. As her cousin Ahmed falls for her, his father finds them together in her room and insists that Marmar must return home. Marmar's family decides to wed her to the businessman Gadallah.
The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar
1972
9.0The story revolves around a couple who separate from each other despite the strong love story that brought them together. They deposit their only son in a boarding school, and the parents visit him at school every week, alternating between them. One day, Alaa goes out and does not find his father waiting for him as usual. A gang kidnaps him from in front of the school. The parents report the incident to the police and search for their kidnapped son.
And Life Is Back
1976
NR(Tariq Al-Fangari) is a stingy man, his three sisters suffer from his miserliness. (Tariq) takes one of the public buses and if an accident occurs, Tariq is taken to the hospital for treatment and with the police investigations he discovers the presence of a bus thief who stole the passengers and exchanges his wallet with (Tariq) wallet and dies in The accident believes that the people of (Tariq) passed away.
Sareq El-Mahfaza
1970
NRHassan abandoned his fiancée Laila and married her friend Nargis, who is accused of killing Mustafa after being involved in a sinful relationship with him and gets arrested, prompting Hassan to try to return to his former fiancée Laila after his regret for leaving her.
Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat
1978
NRThree young fresh graduates who cannot adapt to their society and feel alienated, (Kamal) the young scientist who does not adapt with the few possibilities to do research that benefit his country, (Mustafa) the young man concerned with the issues of the country who collides with the opinions of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper in which he works as a journalist, (Nabil) In front of him, manifestations of corruption and embezzlement continue in the hospital in which he works, and he is unable to do anything, so they feel despair, and he decides to emigrate.
Meet
1977
6.0In the slaughterhouse neighborhood lives the teacher Umm Naima and her daughter, the educated girl who graduated from the Faculty of Law, Naima, who serves the people of the neighborhood with all her effort. Officer Ahmed comes to uncover the drug trafficking gang in which the teacher Zaki Qudra is involved, who uses camels to hide the drugs.
Your Wisdom, God!
1976
NRA widow uncovers an inheritance plot involving an impostor mother-in-law and her supposedly dead baby, but is imprisoned before her husband’s cousin helps her escape.
heartless woman
1978
NRIn the 1940s during the conflict between the rebels and the British occupation, a love story grows between Hassan the singer and Naima, the daughter of the mayor. Her father objects,as she must marry her cousin. In front of her family's stubbornness, Naima is forced to flee with Hassan to marry him.
The Singer
1979
NREzzat and Fathi are two prisoners who escape together, and they manage to reach a remote rural area, and they are guests of the Suniyya of Aisha alone, and Ezzat tells her what happened with him and sympathizes with him and his story.
Escape
1970
1960s · 15 titles
7.6A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.
The Second Wife
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
مجرم تحت الاختبار
1969
NRAmal, who decided to move away from Cairo in an isolated isolation of Saloum in an attempt to escape the anniversary of her fiancé's death in a car accident, combines the playboy teacher Hani who was transferred to Salloum as punishment for his disrespect and misconduct. Their meeting on the Salloum beach, while each meets a different model of human beings in the workplace, Hani meets Saidi Bakri fleeing revenge, and meet the hope of doctor Tariq, who tries to harass them and exploit their unity, will love develop and grow amid this intertwined conditions?
The People Inside
1969
6.2The story of the assassination of Lord Moyne, the British Minister for the Colonies, by a Jewish gang for his support of the Palestinians. The two killers are arrested by Major Abdullah, and Detective Ahmed Ezzat takes charge of the investigation, infiltrating the gang as events unfold.
A Crime in the Calm Neighbourhood
1967
NRHamza is a small employee who works as a collector and is characterized by his honesty, and finds himself in a predicament he was not waiting for, when some thieves hid an amount of money they stole from a rich man in his bag, while the police were chasing them, and after escaping from the police, they searched for Hamza and chased him without knowing in order to get them back. The money they stashed.
Shantat Hamza
1967
NRHamouda is a porter at the port who tries to establish a union for the port workers. As those who exploit the workers oppose him, they frame him for a crime and send him to jail. When he is released, he finds his fiancée Nousa waiting for him.
The Troublemaker
1965
10.0What could change in the life of el bultai family after the death of their grand el sayed el bultai .
Mister Fish
1967
NRThe mechanic (Abbas) loves the poor girl (Fatima), and proposes to her and her father agrees at the beginning of the matter, but soon he changes his mind and forces her to marry a wealthy old man. (Fatima) and her family reside in a hotel preparing for marriage, and (Abbas) tries to kidnap (Fatima), but the daughter of the rich sees him, and she admires him and asks to become her personal guard, and he agrees until he becomes close to (Fatima). The wedding ring is stolen and the mother suspects Abbas, who is trying to prove his innocence.
El Haramy
1969
7.6Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.
Cairo 30
1966
6.7Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.
The Postman
1968
8.5Mukhtar is a musically talented individual who is surrounded by bad friends who make him squander his talent. When he falls and marries Annan, she tries to set him on the right path which sets off problems between them. When they get divorced, a repentant Mukhtar tries to get Annan back.
El Khouroug Min El Guana
1967
NRA group of colleagues in a government department go on vacation on one of the Red Sea beaches, during which a female employee meets Ahmed, the young man she loves, but her father refuses their marriage, so he goes to work in a lighthouse, after which their love renews again with the hope of marriage.
جزيرة العشاق
1968
NRA group of farmers move to a government appointed land after their own land is taken away from them. They discover that their new land is not suitable for their crops, and they struggle to make the best out of it. Meanwhile, Haneyya tries to get closer to Hassan, whom she has been in love for years, but she's interrupted by the arrival of Hassan's wife Amina.
The Rain Has Gone Dry
1967
8.0Magdy is a journalist who is in love with his neighbor Zainab. But Zainab is in love with Sa'ied, a playboy who seduces her and rapes her. Her father, Hamed, beats Said, but when Said dies, Magdi defends Hamed after he is arrested.
Boys and Girls
1965
8.5Hassan is a teacher in a primary school under her hardline head, Mr. Madbouly, Hassan lives with his wife Nadia in happiness despite the passage of seven years without having children. The dispute begins between them because there are no children, one of them suggests that Hassan marry the nader's sister so that he can have children. The beholder welcomes the marriage, which remains a secret to his first wife, Nadia.
Min Ajl Hifnat 'awlad
1969
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
8.2A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.
El Helmeya Nights
1987
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
6.2An Egyptian doctor becomes a police informant and uses his rare gift of tracking ancient artifacts in the smuggling business.
Tayee
2018
8.0The series follows the life of Hassan, an old chivalrous Arabesque workshop owner who lives in a poor neighborhood with his family. The series provides an insight into the day-to-day struggles of the family as Hassan gets involved in much of their neighbors' disputes and affairs.
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
1994
NRAfter Jaber travels from Upper Egypt to Cairo because of revenge, fate throws him in the path of Mohra, the struggling woman who is raising her two brothers, and a love story arises between them, through which they challenge their difficult circumstances.
Gunfire
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
جواري بلا قيود
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
موعد مع الوحوش
2010

