Editing Soad Hosny (section)

{{Short description|Egyptian actress (1943–2001)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Soad Hosny
| native_name        = {{lang|ar|سعاد حسني}}
| image              = Suad Husni.jpg
| caption            = Soad Hosny in 1972
| other_names        = Cinderella of the Screen
| birth_name         = Soad Mohammad Kamal Hosny
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1943|1|26|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Boulaq|Bulaq]], [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2001|6|21|1943|1|26|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England
| resting_place      = Cairo, Egypt
| burial_place       = Cairo, Egypt
| nationality        = Egyptian
| occupation         = {{Hlist | Actress | singer}}
| years_active       = 1959–2001
| notable_works      = [[Soad Hosny filmography|Full list]]
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Salah Kurayyem|1968|1969|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Ali Badrakhan]]|1970|1981|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab]]|1981|1981|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Maher Awad|1987}}
}}
| father             = [[Mohammad Hosni]]
| relatives          = [[Nagat El-Sagheera]] (half-sister)
}}
'''Soad Mohammad Kamal Hosny''' ({{langx|ar|سُعاد حسني}}, {{IPA|ar|soˈʕæːd ˈħosni|pron}}; 26 January 1943 – 21 June 2001)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=وثيقة مكتوبة : شهادة ميلاد سعاد حسني 1943 م |url=http://souad.banouta.net/t333-topic |access-date=31 October 2016 |newspaper=souad.banouta.net}}</ref> was an Egyptian actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1830557987223691&set=a.1830557950557028.1073741829.100008085214052&type=3&theater|title=Roa'ya Assar – بالمستندات الرسمية: سعاد حسنى مصريه و اتولدت... {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> She was known as the "Cinderella of the Screen" and one of the most influential actresses in the [[Middle East]] and the [[Arab world]].<ref name="egyptiancinderella">{{cite web|title=Egyptian Cinderella|url=http://www.iamcairo.com/egyptian-cinderella|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> She is generally regarded as one of [[Egypt]]'s most iconic female [[Performing arts|performers]] of the 20th-century, who played leading roles for many of the country's top directors, in a career spanning 83 films between 1959 and 1991, garnering several national and international accolades. 

Born in the [[Boulaq]] district of [[Cairo]] to an artistic family. Her father is [[Mohammad Hosni|Mohamed Hosni]], who was one of the best Egyptian [[Calligraphy|calligraphers]]. She is the sister of the singer [[Nagat El-Sagheera]]. She worked in the [[Egyptian Radio]] as a young child with Baba Sharo and was introduced for Film industry by Abdel Rahman El Khamisi. Her film debut was ''[[Hassan and Nayima|Hassan and Naima]]'' (1959), and she quickly rose to stardom at the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991 with nine films in the greatest 100 films in the history of Egyptian cinema. 

A majority of her films were shot in the 1960s and 1970s. Her notable films include; ''[[Money and Women]]'' (1960), ''[[A Date at the Tower]]'' (1962), ''[[Too Young for Love (1966 film)|Too Young for Love]]'' (1966), ''[[Cairo 30]]'' (1966), ''[[The Second Wife (1967 film)|The Second Wife]]'' (1967), ''[[Sunset and Sunrise (film)|Sunset and Sunrise]]'' (1970), ''[[The Choice (1970 film)|The Choice]]'' (1971), ''[[Those People of the Nile]]'' (1972), ''[[Where Is My Mind? (film)|Where is My Mind?]]'' (1974), ''Amira, My Love'' (1974), ''[[Whom Should We Shoot?]]'' (1975), ''[[Karnak (film)|Karnak]]'' (1975), ''[[Shafika and Metwali]]'' (1979), ''The Savage'' (1979), ''[[People on the Top]]'' (1981), ''[[A Dinner Date]]'' (1981), ''[[Al Qadisiyya]]'' (1981), ''A Stranger in My House'' (1982), ''Love in a Jail Cell'' (1983) and ''[[The Hunger (1986 film)|The Hunger]]'' (1986). Her 1972 film ''[[Watch Out for ZouZou|Watch Out For Zouzou]]'', is widely considered her most famous film, to the point that many people gave her the nickname “Zouzou", her character's name. Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film,''[[The Shepherd and the Women]]'', directed by her ex-husband [[Ali Badrakhan]].<ref name="bbc" />