Lebleba Explained

Birth Date:14 November 1946
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Birth Name:Ninochka Manoug Kupelian
Nationality: Egypt
Citizenship:Egyptian
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1950–present

Ninochka Manoug Kupelian ( نينوتشكا مانوج كوبليان; born November 14, 1946, in Cairo), better known by her stage name Lebleba (لبلبه, pronounced as /lebˈlebæ/, also Lebleba), is an Egyptian film actress and entertainer. She is the cousin of both Egyptian actress Feyrouz and entertainer Nelly.

Life and career

She was born in Cairo to an Armenian family. She started as a child actress imitating other actresses, including appearances on the Egyptian National Theater promoted by Muallem Sadiq. She was given her first movie role through Egyptian film director and producer Anwar Wagdi and screenwriter / playwright Abo El Seoud El Ebiary in Habebti Susu. El Ebiary also chose the name Lebleba after seeing the multi-talented child actress, comedian, dancer and singer Ninochka Kupelian. In the 1970s, she acted alongside leading man Salah Zulfikar in Borg El-Athraa (1970) and Fi Saif Lazim Nohib (1974), and alongside leading man Ahmed Zaki in Ma'ali al Wazir (2003).She acted alongside leading man Omar Sharif in Hassan and Marcus (2008). In the 1990s, Lebleba worked alongside leading man Nour El-Sherif in Lela Sakhena (1995), in which she received numerous awards for her performance.[1] She married actor Hassan Youssef, but they divorced. She never remarried.

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-02-01 . لبلبة: حصدت 13 جائزة عن فيلم "ليلة ساخنة" واتورطت فى "وش إجرام" . 2023-09-11 . اليوم السابع . ar.