
Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1918
Birthplace
Egypt
Died
November 21, 1995 (aged 77)
Leila Mourad or Layla Morad (Arabic: ليلى مراد; February 17, 1918 – November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress, and one of the most prominent superstars in Egypt and the entire Arab world in her era. Born Lilian Zaki Ibrahim Mourad to an Egyptian Jewish family, known for their patriotism in 1918 in the El Daher District in Cairo, she later changed her name to Leila Mourad as a stage-name. She made her first stage appearance, aged nine, at the Saalat Badi'a, one of Cairo's most successful Music Halls. The theatre had been founded in 1926 by the actress and dancer Badia Masabni, who became Mourad's patron. Her first film appearance, aged fifteen, was in the 1932 " Al-Dahaaya " (The...
1955
as Layla
1954
as Layla
1953
as Layla, Songs
1952
as Fekreyya Fawzy / Nadia Farid / Zakeyya
1952
as Huda
1951
as Elham
1951
as Leila, Songs
1951
as Fatima, Songs
1950
1949
as ليلى بنت الباشا
1948
as Anbar
1948
as Misbah
1947
as ليلى بنت درويش بيه
1947
1947
1947
as Layla El Sharkawy
1946
as Laila/Farhana
1946
as نادية
1945
as Laila
1944
as وفاء الجزار
1944
as ليلى
1942
as ليلى
1941
as ليلى
1941
as ليلى
1939
as سنية هاشم