Add/Update Information: Nelly Mazlom - Actor

Nelly Maslom is an Egyptian choreographer and dancer of Greek descent. She was born in Alexandria in 1952 and started dancing in theater when she was five years old. Nelly excelled in dance, eventually becoming one of the pioneers of modern dance. She founded a ballet school, and starred in a number of films in the 1940s and 1950s. One of her most famous roles was that of “Latania” in the film “Ibn Hameedo.” Nelly left Egypt in the mid 1960s after the difficulties that her acting troupe faced. She settled in Greece, where she started a dance school, and passed away in 2003.