Add/Update Information: Fardos Mohamed - Actor

An Egyptian actress, she was born in El Mighrbilin neighborhood in Cairo in 1906. Her parents died when she was young. She was raised by Sheikh Ali Youssef, founder of the newspaper (Al-Moayad), and she joined an English school in the Helmiya neighborhood, where she learned reading, writing and housekeeping. She presented her first theatrical work in 1927, the play Ehsan Beh with the Okasha Boys Theatrical Troupe, which she became one of its members. She was known for playing the role of the mother until she was called 'the mother of Egyptian cinema', from her films: The Apple Seller, The Ambassador of Hell and The Lady of the Train. Late in her life, she suffered from cancer until she entered a complete coma and died in 1961, at age 55.