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Mervat Amin

Mervat Mostafa Amin (; born November 24, 1946) is an Egyptian actress.

Biography

She was born in El Minya to Mohammed Mostafa Amin, a doctor from Upper Egypt and a Scottish mother, the headmistress of the Primary Section of the English School in Cairo. She was raised in Heliopolis and has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Ain Shams University.

Amin's film debut in Egyptian cinema was in Nfus Ha'irah (1968), followed by her role in Thalath Nesaa (1968) and her fame came when she took her first leading role in Abi foq al-Shagara (1969). From there she became one of the most successful Egyptian actresses in the 1970s and early 1980s during which she starred in many Egyptian films.

Mervat Amin has been married five times. Notably, she was briefly married to Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, then to the renowned Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy from 1974 to 1986 when the marriage ended in divorce. They have one daughter, Menna.

Filmography

Film

Television

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