Mona
Biography
An Egyptian actress of Lebanese origin, she is the daughter of actress and producer Assia Dagher, whose husband died in Lebanon before she came to Egypt. Her real name is Elaine. She played many supporting roles in films, but her roles were almost identical, with her performances never going beyond the aristocratic girl seeking a man loved by another woman. She retired from film after marrying lawyer Ali Mansour in the mid-1950s, after converting to Islam. She died in Cairo at the age of 77 in 2000.
Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Wahid (Mohammad Fawzi) married a woman for one year in the hope of having a child. That she married the seventh wife in his life, and she believes that she is the first. When she learns that she is the seventh wife, she feels cheated, but she hesitates to secede, so that her marriage is not an obstacle to her younger sister Suad's marriage, His only love for her.
Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • as نوال
Nadia suffers from the behavior of her sister Nawal, to seek Dr. Adel and ask him for advice, to generate love between them, one day a young man who tried to commit suicide arrives because he is paralyzed, Nadia succeeds in getting him out of despair and succeeds in his treatment, to begin A love story between him and her sister Nawal, and events escalate.
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Leila Mourad one of the Orient's Divas stars in this classic musical romance as a poor girl who marries a wealthy young man while others try to break them apart.
Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Overnight, the situation changes from one extreme to another. This is what happened to Umm Al-Saad after she accepted to live in humiliation in her wealthy uncle’s palace and work as a maid, to the point that she was accused of theft and his wife threw her out. But fate decreed that her innocence would be revealed after the illness of the uncle became severe, and his wife and children neglected him.
Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
On a train, a teacher meets the collector who enters his compartment and has an attack and the teacher thinks that he killed him by accident. He escapes and meets his daughter and tries to atone for what he thinks he has committed, and he helps her become a famous singer.
Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A girl who is placed by circumstances in corrupt circumstances, learns the craft of pickpocketing, joins a gang that exploits her work, and after a period of narrowing the life of corruption and hate being in this gang
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After his wife dies, Taysir Bey marries the promiscuous woman, Kawthar Hanim, who always deludes her husband that he is sick. His son Ahmed loves the girl Ne'amat, but his stepmother wants him to marry her daughter, so she frames Ne'amat with the help of her lover, Farag.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A big lawyer is involved with a girl demanding marriage, but he refuses where his social status does not allow him to be associated with her, and the girl puts her child and calls her Samiha and then she leaves life before the girl grows up to disclose her father, Samiha grows up and works in a worker, and the lawyer grows until he becomes a famous lawyer. Samiha gets to know Samir Bey, who assgresses her and escapes from her to the Levant, but Samiha insists on resorting to the judiciary, and Samir's father assigns the famous lawyer to defend his son.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Hussein's family objects to his relationship with dancer Suhair, but he marries her, and she gives birth to Amal. Hussein goes to his family to tell them that he had a daughter. On the way to share this news, he is hit by a car. Before he dies, he tells his uncle about his wife and asks him to help his newly born daughter Amal. However, the uncle becomes a trustee of Hussein's will and covets it.
Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The events revolve around two female friends, the first mother marries the father of the other so that they can all live as a family. The two girls fall in love with a young pilot, so the stepmother’s daughter tries to keep him for herself even though he does not love her, to plot a plot with her mother until she wins the pilot’s heart. Will she succeed?
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as سميØØ©
Ihsan arrives from Lebanon to Cairo, and works with his friend Marzouk in a nightclub. Massoud Bey asks them to perform at his daughter's birthday party. Then he learns that his brother died and Mabrouka, his niece arrives from the countryside, and he tries to kill her because she's the sole heir to his brother.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Afaf Bayoumi
Afaf who's driven by greed and envy, following her lover Hamid, she steals money from her father's custody who wokrs for Adham. Her brother Mohsen tries to help her,but she rebels. She tricks Adham into marrying her while she treats his daughter Horyia badly.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Latfa works in cabarets and earns money by hunting and deceiving customers. Sherif Bey, a friend of her late father, helps her in this. She meets a wealthy customer and agrees with her to play the role of his wife in order to get rid of his marriage to a rich, idiot girl imposed on him by his father out of greed for her wealth.
Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as زوجة المصارع
Overnight, the situation changes with Ikram. After she was living a happy life with her husband, Hassouna Bey, she finds herself in the circle of suspicion by discovering her husband's betrayal of her. Her aunt, Sharbat, suggests several ways to help her preserve her marriage. He pushed Hassouna to assume the role of a rich woman, hoping to solve his wife's problem.
Movie - 1945, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as مديØØ©
Elham marries Nabil and moves to live with him in his mother's house. Her mother-in-law starts seeing Elham as an intruder while she's the lady of the house. When Elham didn't have kids, she wants Nabil to marry Elham's friend.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film's events revolve around (Samir), a hardworking young man who is finishing his university studies, and his lover (Elham) seeks to help him work on the lands owned by her mother, which are managed by her stepfather. At the same time, (Rushdy) competes with Samir for Elham's love, and seeks... Wanting to get him out of his way so he can seize the inheritance, he coordinates with his mistress to implicate the stepfather in a moral scandal and blackmails him into complying with him.
Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Nawal and Afaf are two workers in a women’s clothing tailoring shop. They are forced to appear as daughters of upscale families in order to find a job for Nawal’s sister, Thanaa, as a singer. The wealthy Ihsan falls in love with Nawal and his friend Atef falls in love with Afaf. They discover their true selves and the truth of their work.