Widad Hamdi

{{Infobox person

| name = Wedad Hamdi

| image = Wadad Hamdi.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah

| native_name = وداد حمدي

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|03|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|03|26|1924|03|07|df=y}}

| death_place = Venus Building, Ramses Square, Cairo, Egypt

| death_cause = Stabbing

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{ubl|Mehammad Elmogi|Salah Kabil|Mehammad Eltukhi}}

| years_active = 1945–1994

}}

Wedad Hamdi{{efn|Sometimes listed as "Wedad Hamdi" }} ({{langx|ar|وداد حمدي}}) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.{{cite web|title=وداد حمدى... ضحية "ريجسير" قاتل|url=http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article/fawanees-ramadan/2008/09/08/66572/nr/nc|website=Al Rai Media|access-date=18 January 2016}}

Early life

Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years.{{cite web|title=وداد حمدى|url=http://telive.net/Media/Person/141116/%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A|website=TE Live|access-date=22 January 2016}} Hamdi started her career as a singer.

Career

Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).{{cite web|last1=Wassim|first1=Achraf|title=Biography|url=https://www.elcinema.com/en/person/pr1059532/biography|website=Elcinema|publisher=DAMLAG S.A.E|access-date=22 January 2016}}

She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.

Personal life

Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.

Murder

Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name.{{cite web|last1=Aboulazm|first1=Radwa|title=Tragic Deaths of Celebrities Who Captured Us|url=http://identity-mag.com/tragic-deaths-celebrities-cracked-us/|website=Identity Magazine|date=21 January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2016}}