Mary Mounib

Mary Mounib (in Arabic ماري منيب‎), stage name of Marie Sellim Habib Nasrallah (12 February 1915 – 21 January 1969) was an Egyptian actress, known as the "funniest mother-in-law of Arab cinema".[1]

Life and career

She was born in Damascus in 1905 but lived all her life in Egypt. At the age of 14, after her father's death she made her debut in the theater, together with her sister,[2] and her comic talent was immediately noticed; in 1937 he joined Naguib el-Rihani's troupe, leading them to success in both theater and film. She acted in hundreds of roles on stage and in nearly 200 films. She married several times, the first of which was to Egyptian comedian Fawzi Muneeb (1898 - 1947).[2]

Selected filmography

  • Determination (El azima) (1939)
  • Intisar al-Shabab (1941)
  • Layla, Daughter of the Poor(1942)
  • The Lady's Puppet (Libat El Sitt) (1946)
  • Papa Amin (1950)
  • My Mother-in-Law is an Atomic Bomb (Hamati kombola zorria) (1951
  • Hamido (1953)
  • This is Love (1958)
  • Umm-Ratibah (1959)
  • Girls from the Sea (Banat Bahari) (1961)
  • Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962)
  • Thieves, but Funny (Losos Laken Dhurafa'a) (1968)

References

  1. ^ "Remembering actress Mary Mounib: The funniest Egyptian 'mother-in-law' par excellence - Screens - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "Mary Mounib: A pioneer in Egyptian cinema is honoured with a Google Doodle". The Arab Edition. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2025-07-20.

Further reading

  • (EN) Sherif Boraie, The Golden Years of Egyptian Film: Cinema Cairo, 1936-1967, AUC Press, 236 pages, 2008.
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