Anwar Wagdi

Anwar Wagdi was born in Cairo on 11 October 1904, to a father of Syrian origin. A walk-on in Youssef Wahbi's troupe in 1922, he came to cinema in the 1930s and became the first star actor of the Egyptian box office. In 1945 he married the singer Leila Mourad and began to write and direct; he was also a producer, and appeared in more than ninety films. He died in Stockholm on 14 May 1955, where he had come for treatment.

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• CinemaThe Flirtation of Girlsغزل البناتAnwar Wagdi · 1949Cinema