Hind Rostom
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1929-11-11
- Died
- 2011-11-08
- Place of birth
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Also known as
- هند رستم · Hend Rostom
Biography
Hind Rostom was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in Egyptian cinema. She was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria on November 12, 1929, to a middle-class Turkish father and an Egyptian mother. She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her breakthrough was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night). Her known films include Ibn Hamido (1957), Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station (1958) with Farid Shawqi, Salah Abu Seif's Sleepless (1958) with Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, and Rushdy Abaza, Struggle in the Nile (1959) with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza, and Chafika el Koptia (Chafika the Coptic Girl) in 1963. Rostom was known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, dubbed "Marilyn Monroe of the East". She starred in more than 80 movies in her career.
She retired from acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.
Rostom would later turn down an offer of one million Egyptian pounds for her biography in December 2002. This offer was made by an Egyptian satellite channel that wanted to portray her life story as a drama series. She was asked to submit a complete history of her past achievements, and work experiences with prominent actors and filmmakers of the past, such as Farid Shawqi, Youssef Chahine, Shoukry Sarhan, and Shadia. The actress stated that she refused to sell her life as a means of entertainment and felt that her personal life was of her concern and no one else. In 2004, she refused to accept Egypt's State Merit Award in Arts, "The award came too late, I'm not placed on the shelf for them to pick me whenever they want, there's only one Hind Rostom in the Middle East, and let's consider that the number of my generation star actresses isn't that big enough to ignore us, and also it's not appropriate to honor me after years of honoring people who are less than me, another point is that I also refuse for them to honor me before Shadia, she deserved it and she was a star for a long time before me", Rostom commented. On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.
Known For
Movies (81)
Cairo Station
1958
as Hanuma
Oh The wonders of time
1974
as Samiha / Fawzia Roushdy
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1961
Queen of the Night
1971
as كريمة
Sleepless
1957
as Kawthar
Conflict in the Nile
1959
as نرجس(الراقصة)
Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital
1958
as Teama
Baba Amin
1950
as Sonia
Eshaet Hob
1960
as Hind Rostom
Chahine…Why?
2009
as Self
Me, My Daughter, and Love
1974
as Siham
نساء وذئاب
1966
as مسعده / لوليت
The Single Husband
1966
as Azhar
Banat Al-Lail
1955
My One And Only Love
1957
as نانا (الراقصة)
Son of Hamido
1957
as عزيزة
The Body
1955
The Flirtation of Girls
1949
as كومبارس صامت
The Den of the Wicked
1972
as فايزة
It happened one night
1954
The Meek
1975
The Charmer
1958
as Aziza
El naas makamat
1954
as Daughter of Riad Pasha
Women Can’t Lie
1954
as Nabwiya
Between Heaven and Earth
1959
as ناهد شكري
A Husband’s Confession
1964
as Buthaina - بثينة (بوسة)
Big Teenager
1961
as Sonia
Fatouma
1961
as Fatima
الحب الأخير
1959
as سميرة
Huwa wa el nessaa
1966
as فيفي
Soul and body
1948
Bufakkar filli nassini
1959
as سوسن
My Beautiful Teacher
1971
as Nadia
Owner of Few Piasters
1949
as فواكة
Struggle with life
1957
as Samira - سميرة
The Greatest Kid in the World
1972
as سامية
Return My Heart
1957
as الراقصة كريمة
Love Crime
1955
رجل بلا قلب
1960
as عايدة
The Nun
1965
as Hoda/Sonia
The Surprises Motel
1959
as نبلة الراقصة
Coward in Love
1975
as Soad Hanim
Banat Hawaa
1954
as One of the secretaries
Sweet Aziza
1969
as عزيزة
Desire and Loss
1972
as ناهد
The Big Brother
1958
as Rawhaya
Narges
1948
as الخياطة
Love letter
1954
as Latifa
Victory of Love
1954
Boundless Love
1960
as نوسة لاعبة البيانولا
Blood on the Nile
1961
as Ghalia
Awattif
1958
Shafiqa Al-Qibtiya
1963
as Shafiqa Al-Qibtiya
طريق السعادة
1953
as هند
Tuha
1958
as توحة
Men in the Storm
1960
as Aziza
Al-Liqaa' Al Akhir
1953
Kiss Me in the Dark
1959
as لولا
طريق الأبطال
1961
as نور عبدالله
A man and two women
1966
Three Thieves
1966
as Amina, the butcher's wife
the eternal love
1965
as امينة
Word of Honour
1973
as ناهد
Sayed Darwish
1966
as جليلة
The Great Love
1957
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
as Fathiya
The Victory of Islam
1952
El Khouroug Min El Guana
1967
as Anan
Like A Matchstick
2016
دلوني يا ناس
1954
as سنية
The second groom
1967
as Wafaa Hanem
Woman on the Margin
1963
as هانم
The Silent Love
1958
Shayateen El Leyl
1966
as Rawheya
Tofahet Adam
1966
as Gamila
Love In The Darkness
1953
El Dam Yehen
1952
Love and madness
1948
Lovers of the Night
1957
My Life is Hell
1979
Sett El Banat
1961
as mounria
About Hind Rostom
Hind Rostom was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in Egyptian cinema. She was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria on November 12, 1929, to a middle-class Turkish father and an Egyptian mother. She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her breakthrough was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night). Her known films include Ibn Hamido (1957), Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station (1958) with Farid Shawq… With 81 credits spanning from 1948 to 2016, Hind Rostom has appeared in 81 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hind Rostom Movies
- Cairo Station (1958) — as Hanuma
- Oh The wonders of time (1974) — as Samiha / Fawzia Roushdy
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1961)
- Queen of the Night (1971) — as كريمة
- Sleepless (1957) — as Kawthar
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