Nour Al Hoda Explained

Nour Al Hoda
Birth Date:1924 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Birth Name:Alexandra Nicholas Badran
Death Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality:Lebanese
Occupation:Singer, actress
Known For:Egyptian cinema
Notable Works:Berlanti (1944)

Alexandra Nicholas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (; 24 December 1924 - 9 July 1998), was a Lebanese singer and actress, mostly known for her notable roles in Egyptian cinema.[1] [2] She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films.[3]

Biography

She was born on 24 December 1924 in Mersin, Turkey to an Antiochian Orthodox family.

She was a maternal first cousin to Lebanese singer Jeanette Feghali, known as Sabah (singer), and her sister Lebanese actress Lamia Feghali.

In 1943, she worked in her first film Gawhara, along with director-actor Youssef Wahbi.[4] Following the success of Gawhara, Hoda went on to work with Wahbi in the 1944 film Berlanti.[5]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remembering Nour Al-Hoda: Lebanon's Umm Kalthoum - Music - Arts & Culture . 2023-07-04 . Ahram Online.
  2. Web site: Nour El Hoda - Actor Filmography، photos، Video . 2023-11-29 . elCinema.com . en.
  3. Book: Zuhur, Sherifa . Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt . 2021-12-22 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-4311-3 . ar.
  4. Web site: 1998-02-03 . Nour El Houda, onze succès . 2023-07-04 . L'Orient-Le Jour.
  5. Book: Hammad, Hanan . Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt . 2022-05-10 . Stanford University Press . 978-1-5036-2978-3 . en.