| Amina Rizk أمينة رزق | |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Tanta, Egypt |
| Death Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Amina Rizk (Arabic: أمينة رزق; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic Egyptian actress who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996.[1] She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was young.
Amina Rizk came from a poor rural area. She and her aunt, Amina Mohamed, moved to Cairo with their mothers; the pair were locked in the house after their first theatrical performance.[2] She was popular for her roles as the kind-hearted mother in plays and films, appearing in major pictures such as Doa al karawan in 1959 in which she appeared alongside actors such as Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar, and A'sefa Min Alhub, in which she played the role of the Mother to Salah Zulfikar, and Bidaya wa nihaya, in which she played the role of the Mother to Omar Sharif, Farid Shawqi and Sanaa Gamil. She also starred in many TV Series between the 1980s until her death before which she was filming a TV series for the holy month of Ramadan.
| Transliteration | Year | Arabic | Translation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1928) | سعاد الغجرية | Suad the Gypsy | |
| (1932) | أولاد الذوات | Sons of Aristocrats (Spoiled Children =International title) | ||
| (1935) | الدفاع | The Defense | |
| (1938) | ساعة التنفيذ | Hour of Execution (The Hour of Fate =International title) | |
| (1940) | الدكتور | The Doctor | |
| (1940) | قيس وليلى | Kaiss wa leila | |
| (1940) | قلب المرأة | Heart of a Woman | |
| (1942) | عاصفة على الريف | A Storm in the Country | |
| (1942) | أولاد الفقراء | Children of the Poor | |
| (1943) | كليوباترا | Cleopatra | |
| (1944) | البؤساء | Miserables, Les | |
| (1944) | برلنتي | Berlanti | ||
| (1944) | من الجاني؟ | Who Is the Criminal? | |
| (1946) | ضحايا المدينة | Victims of Modernism | |
| (1959) | نساء محرمات | Forbidden Women | ||
| (1960) | مال ونساء | Money and Women | ||
| (1961) | عاصفة من الحب | A Storm of Love | ||
| (1961) | أعز الحبايب | The dearest of all (I Want Love =International title) | |
| (1961) | دماء على النيل | Blood on the Nile | |
| (1962) | الحاقد | The Vengeful One | |
| (1962) | الرجل التعلب | The Fox-Man (The Smart Operator =International title) | |
| (1962) | الشموع السوداء | The Black Candles | |
| (1962) | التلميذة | The Student | |
| (1962) | رسالة من إمرأة مجهولة | Letter from an Unknown Woman | ||
| (1965) | شيطان الليل | Satan of the night (Nightmares = International title) | |
| (1965) | المماليك | The Mamelukes | ||
| (1966) | الوديعة | The Pledge | |
| (1968) | قنديل أم هاشم | Om Hashem's Lantern | |
| (1974) | بمبى كشر | Bamba kashar | |
| (1975) | أريد حلًا | I want a solution | ||
| (1977) | السقا مات | The Water-Carrier Is Dead | |
| (1991) | الكيت كات | Kit Kat | ||
| (1993) | أرض الاحلام | Land of Dreams | ||
| (1996) | ناصر ٥٦ | Nasser 56 |