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'''Mahmoud el-Meligy''' ({{lang-arz|'''محمود المليجي'''}}, {{transliteration|arz|'''Maḥmoūd el-Meleygī'''}}; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[screenwriter]] and an [[actor]] of [[Cinema of Egypt|film]], [[theater]], and [[Egyptian television|television]]. He started his career playing minor roles but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, [[villain]] roles.
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'''Mahmoud el-Meliguy''' ({{lang-ar|'''محمود المليجي'''}}, {{transl|ar|'''Maḥmoūd al-Meleygī'''}}; 22 December 1910 &ndash; 6 June 1983) was an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[screenwriter]] and an [[actor]] of [[Cinema of Egypt|film]], [[theatre]], and [[Egyptian television|television]]. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, [[villain]] roles. Because of his resemblance to [[Marlon Brando]], he is nicknamed “Marlon Brando of the East”.

==Early life and career==
Mahmoud el-Meliguy was born to a [[Muslim]] family in the Megharbleen district in [[Cairo]] from a family of Kurdish origins. His father, Hussein el-Meliguy, was a well-known trader in the area. He traded in cars and race horses. He had a great desire to become a singer and was taking lessons from a professional trainer, but his father opposed him and convinced him to quit and focus on his studies. He turned to [[boxing]], a sport he always loved, but eventually quit after being injured. In his school, el-Meliguy was the leader of the acting group. In one of the school group's performances, he was noticed by [[Fatma Roushdi]], the founder of the Fatma Roushdi acting group, who convinced him to join her group.

Mahmoud started his acting career in the early 1930s as a member of Fatma Roushdi's group. His first role was in the play ''667 Zeitoun'' (''667 Olive''). He played minor roles, like the role of a butler or a servant, and was paid a small fee of four [[Egyptian pound]]s. Roushdi, who had noticed his acting skills and potentials, offered him his first major role, a leading role in the [[1933 in film|1933]] [[comedy film]] directed by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]] Mario Folby, ''El-Zawag'' (''The Marriage''). The film was a failure, which made el-Meliguy leave Roushdi's group. In 1936, he joined the famous Ramses group, which was founded and headed by [[Youssef Wahbi]], and again played minor roles. He received a stipend of nine [[Egyptian pound]]s for his work with the group. He left the group and moved to several other groups before being chosen for his first villain role.


==Career==
==Career==
El-Meliguy's breakthrough role came when [[Mohamed Abdel Wahab]] chose him to star in the film ''Lastu Malakan'' (''I'm Not an Angel''). He was paid 900 Egyptian pounds and quickly achieved stardom. People praised him for the villain role he played in that film, and [[film criticism|film critics]] described him as “the wickedness of cinema”.<ref name= kenanah>{{cite web | url =http://www.kenanah.com/celebs/en/c_type.asp?celeb_id=256 | title =Biography | accessdate =2007-02-15 | publisher =Kenanah celebrity |language= }}</ref>
El-Meligy is the descendant of an [[Egypt]]ian family that took its name from the [[Egypt]]ian city of '''Melieg''' in [[Monufia Governorate]]. His breakthrough role came when [[Mohamed Abdel Wahab]] chose him to star in the film ''Lastu Mallak'' (''I'm Not an Angel''). He was paid 900 Egyptian pounds and quickly achieved stardom. People praised him for the villain role he played in that film, and [[film criticism|film critics]] described him as “the wickedness of cinema”.<ref name= kenanah>{{cite web | url =http://www.kenanah.com/celebs/en/c_type.asp?celeb_id=256 | title =Biography | access-date =2007-02-15 | publisher =Kenanah celebrity |language= }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mahmoud el-Meliguy met the Egyptian actress [[Olwiyya Gamil]] in 1938 and married her in 1939. He acted in several films with her. The couple had a happy and strong relationship. They did not have children together but raised two sons, Gamal El-Din and Morsi, and a daughter, Isis, from Olwiyya's previous marriage. In 1963, after 24 years of his marriage to Olwiyya Gamil, he married another woman, a young actress named Fawziyah al-Ansari, but their marriage lasted no longer than three days. Olwiyya had allegedly compelled him to divorce her. His marriage with Olwiyya Gamil ended in 1983, with his death.<ref name= alwiya>{{cite web | url =http://www.yallacinema.com/english/actors/actordet.asp?actid=279 | title =Alwiya's biography | accessdate =2007-02-15 | publisher =Yalla Cinema |language=}}</ref>
Mahmoud el-Meligy met the Egyptian actress [[Alwiya Gamil]] in 1938 and married her in 1939. He acted in several films with her. The couple had a happy and strong relationship. They did not have children together but raised two sons, Gamal El-Din and Morsi, and a daughter, Isis, from Alwiya's previous marriage. In 1963, after 24 years of his marriage to Alwiya Gamil, he married another woman, a young actress named Fawziyah al-Ansari, but their marriage lasted no longer than three days. Alwiya had allegedly compelled him to divorce her. His marriage with Alwiya Gamil ended in 1983, with his death.<ref name= alwiya>{{cite web | url =http://www.yallacinema.com/english/actors/actordet.asp?actid=279 | title =Alwiya's biography | access-date =2007-02-15 | publisher =Yalla Cinema | language = | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060911164952/http://www.yallacinema.com/english/actors/actordet.asp?actid=279 | archive-date =2006-09-11 | url-status =dead }}</ref>


== See also ==
==Selected filmography==
* 1942: ''[[Ibn El-balad]]''
* [[Egyptian films of the 1960s]]
* 1944: ''[[Berlanti (film)|Berlanti]]''
* [[Lists of Egyptians]]
* 1947: ''Prisoner of Darkness''
*1949: ''[[The Flirtation of Girls]]''
* 1951: ''[[Son of the Nile]]''
* 1951: ''[[Your Day Will Come]]''
*1952: ''Ament Bellah''
*1953: ''A Million Pounds''
*1954: ''[[The Unjust Angel]]''
*1954: ''[[Delight of My Eyes]]''
*1957: ''[[The Tough]]''
*1958: ''Today’s Youth''
* 1958: ''[[Jamila, the Algerian]]''
* 1961: ''[[Oh Islam]]''
* 1962: ''[[The Cursed Palace]]''
* 1963: ''[[Saladin the Victorious|Saladin]]''
* 1968: ''[[The Splendor of Love]]''
* 1970: ''[[Sunset and Sunrise (film)|Sunset and Sunrise]]''
* 1970: ''[[The Land (1969 film)|The Land]]''
*1971: ''Confessions of A Woman''
* 1971: ''[[The Choice (1970 film)|The Choice]]''
* 1972: ''[[Featureless Men]]''
* 1972: ''[[Those People of the Nile]]''
* 1972: ''A Call for Life''
*1972: ''[[The Sparrow (1972 film)|The Sparrow]]''
*1974: ''Dunya''
* 1976: ''[[The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976 film)|The Return of the Prodigal Son]]''
* 1978: ''Roadless Traveller''
* 1981: ''[[Secret Visit|Zeyara Serreya]]''
* 1982: ''[[An Egyptian Story]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahmoud El Meleigy - Actor Filmography، photos، Video|url=https://elcinema.com/en/person/1069659|access-date=2021-12-09|website=elCinema.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Awards received ==
For his prior and distinguished work, he was honored by the Arab Republic of Egypt and won the gold medal for the first distinguished people. He won the “State Encouragement Award for Acting” in 1972, and a “Certificate of Appreciation” on the Art Festival in 1977. He was also appointed as a member of the Shura Council, in 1980, and he obtained many awards, including the Medal of Sciences and Arts» in 1946, and the Medal of Cedar, from Lebanon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=الوفد |title=في ذكرى وفاة شرير الشاشة.. أهم الجوائز التي حصل عليها محمود المليجي |url=https://alwafd.news/ثقافة-وفن/3777757-في-ذكرى-وفاة-شرير-الشاشة-أهم-الجوائز-التي-حصل-عليها-محمود-المليجي |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=الوفد |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=مبتدا |date=2022-06-06 |title=محمود المليجى.. أوسمة حصل عليها «شرير السينما المصرية» |url=https://www.mobtada.com/zaman/1180721/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%89-%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=www.mobtada.com |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-27 |title=محمود المليجي شرير السينما المصريه وحقيقه وفاته اثناء تجسيده لمشهد الموت |url=https://almelnoujoum.com/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%8a-%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%87-%d9%88%d8%ad/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=جريدة عالم النجوم |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=حقيقة رفض محمود المليجي الصلاة لله وقراءة القرآن.. هذه الصورة فاجأت الجميع وحسمت هذا الأمر!! |url=https://ahdathnt.com/news175933.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=ahdathnt.com}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.festival-cannes.fr/perso/index.php?langue=6002&personne=11651 Cannes]
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*[http://www.yallacinema.com/actors/actordet.asp?actid=28 Yalla Cinema]
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*[http://www.yallacinema.com/english/actors/actordet.asp?actid=28 Yalla Cinema en]
*[http://www.kenanah.com/celebs/en/c_type.asp?celeb_id=256 Kenanah]
*[http://www.egyfilm.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?p=1428108&PHPSESSID=d7200bcd5f582b303ae723c293dd6247 Egyfilm]
*[http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/283374_limited01.html]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745896/ Fatma Roushdi on IMDB]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1263463/ Olwiyya Gamil on IMDB]


==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030903140605/http://www.yallacinema.com/actors/actordet.asp?actid=28 Yalla Cinema]
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 31 October 2023

Mahmoud el-Meligy
محمود المليجي
Born(1910-12-22)22 December 1910
Cairo, Egypt
Died6 June 1983(1983-06-06) (aged 72)
Cairo, Egypt
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter
Years active1910 - 1983
SpouseAlwiya Gamil (1939 – 1983)
Children3

Mahmoud el-Meligy (Egyptian Arabic: محمود المليجي, Maḥmoūd el-Meleygī; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles.

Career

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El-Meligy is the descendant of an Egyptian family that took its name from the Egyptian city of Melieg in Monufia Governorate. His breakthrough role came when Mohamed Abdel Wahab chose him to star in the film Lastu Mallak (I'm Not an Angel). He was paid 900 Egyptian pounds and quickly achieved stardom. People praised him for the villain role he played in that film, and film critics described him as “the wickedness of cinema”.[1]

Personal life

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Mahmoud el-Meligy met the Egyptian actress Alwiya Gamil in 1938 and married her in 1939. He acted in several films with her. The couple had a happy and strong relationship. They did not have children together but raised two sons, Gamal El-Din and Morsi, and a daughter, Isis, from Alwiya's previous marriage. In 1963, after 24 years of his marriage to Alwiya Gamil, he married another woman, a young actress named Fawziyah al-Ansari, but their marriage lasted no longer than three days. Alwiya had allegedly compelled him to divorce her. His marriage with Alwiya Gamil ended in 1983, with his death.[2]

Selected filmography

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Awards received

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For his prior and distinguished work, he was honored by the Arab Republic of Egypt and won the gold medal for the first distinguished people. He won the “State Encouragement Award for Acting” in 1972, and a “Certificate of Appreciation” on the Art Festival in 1977. He was also appointed as a member of the Shura Council, in 1980, and he obtained many awards, including the Medal of Sciences and Arts» in 1946, and the Medal of Cedar, from Lebanon.[4][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Biography". Kenanah celebrity. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  2. ^ "Alwiya's biography". Yalla Cinema. Archived from the original on 2006-09-11. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  3. ^ "Mahmoud El Meleigy - Actor Filmography، photos، Video". elCinema.com. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  4. ^ الوفد. "في ذكرى وفاة شرير الشاشة.. أهم الجوائز التي حصل عليها محمود المليجي". الوفد (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  5. ^ مبتدا (2022-06-06). "محمود المليجى.. أوسمة حصل عليها «شرير السينما المصرية»". www.mobtada.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  6. ^ "محمود المليجي شرير السينما المصريه وحقيقه وفاته اثناء تجسيده لمشهد الموت". جريدة عالم النجوم (in Arabic). 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  7. ^ "حقيقة رفض محمود المليجي الصلاة لله وقراءة القرآن.. هذه الصورة فاجأت الجميع وحسمت هذا الأمر!!". ahdathnt.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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