Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum

Known for

Acting

Born

December 18, 1898

Birthplace

Tamay Az-Zahayrah, Egypt

Died

February 3, 1975 (aged 76)

Biography

Fatima Ibrahim as-Sayyid al-Beltagi (Arabic: فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي), known as Umm Kalthoum (Arabic: أم كلثوم), also spelled Oum Kalsoum (or Om-e Kalsūm in Egyptian dialect) or sometimes Umm Kulthum, and nicknamed "Souma", is an Egyptian singer, musician and actress, born December 31, 1898 in Ṭamāy al-Zahāyira (in the Simballāwayn district of the Dakhleya governorate in Egypt) and died February 3, 1975 in Cairo.

Referred to by various nicknames, including "the Star of the East", "the Lady", "the Fourth Pyramid" and "the People's Singer", she is generally considered the greatest singer in the Arab world. President Nasser, whose favorite singer she was, exempted her from taxes for life....

Best known work

An Egyptian Story
An Egyptian Story
1982
Wedad
Wedad
1936
Rabea Al Adaweiah
Rabea Al Adaweiah
1963
A Letter from Beirut
A Letter from Beirut
1978
Dananeir
Dananeir
1940
Sons of Aristocrats
Sons of Aristocrats
1932
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
1996
Hymn of Hope
Hymn of Hope
1937
Fatmah
Fatmah
1947
Salamah
Salamah
1945

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Nightingale From Cairo: Umm Kulthum

    as Self (archives footage)

  2. 2025

  3. 2017

    Oum Kalthoum, la voix du Caire

    as Self (archives footage)

  4. 1996

    Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

    as Self (archives footage)

  5. 1982

  6. 1978

  7. 1963

  8. 1947

    Fatmah

    as Fatmah

  9. 1945

    Salamah

    as سلامة

  10. 1942

    Eayida

    as عايدة

  11. 1940

    Dananeir

    as دنانير

  12. 1937

    Hymn of Hope

    as Amaal

  13. 1936

    Wedad

    as وداد

  14. 1932

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