Rushdy Abaza | |
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Born |
Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza 3 August 1926 Mansoura, Egypt |
Died | 27 July 1980 | (aged 53)
Years active | 1948–1980 |
Height | 6 ft (183 cm) |
Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza (Egyptian Arabic: رشدي أباظة) (August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian actor. He was a member of the wealthy Abaza family. He has been known as one of the most charming actors to appear in the Egyptian film industry. He died of Brain Cancer at the age of 53.
Rushdy Abaza was born in Mansoura, Egypt, to Egyptian father, Said Abaza, belonging to one of Egypt's richest and most well-known families, the Abaza family,and Italian mother Tereza Luigi. Rushdy attended school at Collège Saint Marc in Alexandria.
From his father’s side he had three half-sisters, Ragaa, Mounira, Zeinab and one half-brother, Fikri (an actor). From his mother's side, he had one half-brother, Hamed. His only child is a daughter, Qismat.
He appeared in more than 100 films from 1948 to 1980; many of which in starring or co-starring roles with the most notable Arabic actors and actresses such as 1972 film titled My Dear Daughter (in Arabic - Ebnati al-Aziza) 1 Najat Al Saghira;
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