Nearly 160 cinematic works presented by the artist Rushdi Abaza were not the mainstay in his stardom, and the great popularity he enjoyed during an artistic career that extended from the late forties and ended in 1981 with his last movie “Bayada”, which was shown after his death, so the stories of love and marriage won on the side The oldest of the screen boy who is famous for being handsome, whose 95th birthday falls on the third of August.

King Farouk's rival

The birth of Rushdi Abaza in 1926 to an Italian mother and an Egyptian father, and his interest in sports at the beginning of his career, contributed to his enjoyment of a handsomeness that made the audience and critics nicknamed him "The Dungean", and facilitated his entry into the artistic community at the end of the forties.

This handsomeness made many artists fall in love with the son of the famous Abaza family. In the forties of the last century, he was a rival to King Farouk, and they shared the love of the artist Camelia, with whom Rushdi Abaza worked in the movie "Woman of Fire", to begin a love story and they agreed to marry in October 1950, but her death in a plane accident ended the dispute between him and King Farouk over her love.

It was reported at the time that her departure came in an orchestrated accident, and Abaza - who was still at the beginning of his career - remained in the hospital for two weeks as a result of a nervous breakdown. He was still on his way.

Rejected Lawrence of Arabia and the world

Rushdi Abaza was fluent in five languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, although he did not finish his university studies to focus on sports. (Valley of the Kings), the film's heroine Eleanor Parker is said to have fallen in love with him as well.

He had a second chance when some nominated him for British director David Lean to participate in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia." Indeed, Len came to Egypt, and when he asked to meet Rushdi Abaza, the latter thought that he would undergo a test, but he refused. The movie "In our house is a man".

Indeed, Lin responded to the matter, but then decided to assign the role to Omar Sharif, who did not waste the opportunity that led him to the world. Abaza also participated in a film with international director Cecil DeMille titled "The Ten Commandments", which was filmed in Egypt.

In the footsteps of Farid Shawky

Abaza’s features determined the roles he was nominated to present, and his formal features overshadowed his acting talent and abilities. And even after he won the championship in front of Naima Akef in “Bahr El Gharam” and “Tamr Henna”, Rushdi Abaza was competing with Farid Shawqi for romantic, action and evil films as well, as he was influenced by Shawky’s experience, who participated in small roles in his films such as “Al-Usta”. Hassan, “They made me a criminal,” “Sultan,” and “Port Said.”

He also presented an enjoyable duet with Soad Hosni, "The Little Witch", "Saghira Al Hob", "Janab Al-Safir", "Sunrise and Sunset" and "Lost Love", with Shadia in "The Road" and "The Thirteen Wife", and with Nadia Lutfi in " Enemy of Women" and "A Crime in the Pacific Neighborhood", and with Faten Hamama in "The Way of Hope" and "I Will Never Cry".

He was also able to present roles that combined action and evil in "The Second Man", "Angel and Satan", "Bandits" and "Dealers of Death".

Few influential roles

Rushdi Abaza was fortunate to participate in important films for more than 40 years, such as presenting the character of Essam in the movie “Sunrise and Sunset,” the engineer, the woman minister who works in aircraft maintenance, and then soon has an important national role after the Cairo fire on January 26, 1952. And he presented the character of the officer Ahmed Ezzat, who is in charge of the assassination of Lord Moyne, the British Minister of Colonies, by a Jewish gang for his support for the Palestinians in the movie “A Crime in the Pacific Neighborhood” and the movie “Woman on the Road”, in addition to his participation in films that advocated for women such as “Teenage Girls” and Ah from Eve” and “I want a solution.”

multiple marriage

Rushdi Abaza and his multiple marriages and his love stories were the most famous. He married 5 times, the first in 1952 to the artist Tahia Carioca, and the marriage lasted for 3 years, and then he married Barbara, the American, who is the mother of his only daughter, who was divided and separated after 4 years, to marry the artist Samia Gamal, with whom his marriage continued. 18 years old, but during the marriage he also married the artist Sabah for a few days, and in the last years of his life he married his cousin Nabila Abaza in 1979 before his death.

In addition to his multiple marriage, many artists also mentioned that he offered them marriage, such as the artist Magda, who said that he offered her marriage, but her family refused the matter due to his multiple whims, and he also offered marriage to the artist Yousra, who refused because of the age difference between them.

posthumous replacement

Rushdi Abaza was diagnosed with brain cancer in his late years, which caused his death on July 27, 1980. Smart But Stupid" and "Whiteness", which is his last cinematic work.