Personal Info
Birth date
1943-12-19 (81 Years)
Day of death
2014-08-07
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Egypt
Also known as
فاروق الدمرداش
Farouk El Demrdash
Biography
An Egyptian journalist, translator, actor and theater director. He studied for a while at the Faculty of Commerce, then left and joined the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts. He traveled on a scientific mission in France and Britain in the early sixties. During his work in Egypt, he presented a large number of international plays on state theaters. He also presented the works of British playwright William Shakespeare in Arabic on the British Broadcasting Corporation since the seventies. He is best known for acting in several Egyptian series, including: On the Sidelines of the Prophet's Biography, Seven Faces of Truth, Falling in Sabe' Well, and Qasim Amin. He passed away in early August 2014 at the age of 81.
Filmography
Cairo Station
7.36
Overview:
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.A solution that pleases all
6
Overview:
It talks about a wife who seeks to keep her deceased son of her husband away from home, so that she can live alone and bring her daughter to live with her, while the son seeks to be alone in the apartment so that he can marry, they think of the only solution is for the son to marry the daughter and live in the apartment, to escalate events.Acting
1991ألف ليلة وليلة (30 Episodes) as Unknown
1986A solution that pleases all as Unknown
1979هذا المصير (3 Episodes) as كامل
1958Cairo Station as Unknown