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Biography
Faten Ahmed Hamama was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven years old. Her earliest roles were minor, but her activity and gradual success helped to establish her as a distinguished Egyptian actress. Later revered as an icon in Egyptian cinema. In 1996, nine of the films she starred in were included in the Top hundred films in the history of Egyptian cinema by the cinema critics of Cairo International Film Festival.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut · 2013
- National Order of the Cedar · 2001
- honorary degree · 1999
- Order of the Republic · 1965
