# Yehia Chahine

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{{Short description|Egyptian film producer and actor}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
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| name        = Yehia Chahine
| native_name = يحيى شاهين
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| birth_name  = Yehia Yehia Hasan Chahine
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|df=yes|1917|7|28}}
| birth_place = [Imbabah](/source/Imbabah), Egypt
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|3|18|1917|7|28}}
| death_place = Egypt
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| occupation  = Film actor, producer 
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'''Yehia Chahine''' ({{langx|ar|يحيى شاهين}}, {{transliteration|ar|'''Yeḥyā Shāheen'''}}) (28 July 1917 – 18 March 1994) was an [Egyptian](/source/Egyptians) film producer and an actor of film and theatre. He is most notable for his role in the [Egyptian Cinema's](/source/Cinema_of_Egypt) [film adaptation](/source/film_adaptation)s of the ''[Cairo Trilogy](/source/Cairo_Trilogy)'', a trilogy written by the [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature)-winning [Egypt](/source/Egypt)ian author [Naguib Mahfouz](/source/Naguib_Mahfouz).

== Life and career ==
Yehia Chahine was born in [Imbaba](/source/Imbaba), [Giza](/source/Al_Jizah_Governorate). His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in [performing arts](/source/performing_arts) and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play ''Murtafa`t wa Darag'' (''Heights and Stairs''). In 1935, he acted in his first film.<ref name= Yalla>{{cite web | url =http://www.yallacinema.com/actors/actordet.asp?actid=47 | title =Biography | access-date =7 February 2007 | publisher =Yalla Cinema | language =ar | archive-date =23 September 2006 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060923051035/http://www.yallacinema.com/actors/actordet.asp?actid=47 | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref name= ELN>{{cite web | url =http://www.egyptlib.net.eg/famous/body_a.asp?idd=356&l=a | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005530/http://www.egyptlib.net.eg/famous/body_a.asp?idd=356&l=a | url-status =dead | archive-date =27 September 2007 | title =Biography | access-date =7 February 2007 | publisher =Egyptian Libraries Network |language= ar}}</ref>

He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a [Cairene](/source/Cairo) [patriarch](/source/patriarch), in the ''[Cairo Trilogy](/source/Cairo_Trilogy)'' films. The three films, ''Bayn al-Qasrayn'' (''Palace Walk'', which is based on the ''[Palace Walk](/source/Palace_Walk)'' novel) in 1964, ''Qasr al-Shawq'' (''Palace of Desire'') in 1967 and ''Al-Sukkariya'' (''Sugar Street'') in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of [King Farouk](/source/King_Farouk) in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.<ref name= ELN/><ref name= Mashy>{{cite web | url =http://www.mashy.com/index.pl/yeihashahen | title =Biography | access-date =7 February 2007 | publisher =Mashy Cinema | language =ar | archive-date =18 February 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070218212344/http://mashy.com/index.pl/yeihashahen | url-status =dead }}</ref>
thumb|Yehia Chahine in one of his films
Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director [Youssef Chahine](/source/Youssef_Chahine)'s ''[Ibn al-Nile](/source/Ibn_al-Nile)'' (''Son of the Nile'') along with [Faten Hamama](/source/Faten_Hamama) in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film ''Gaalouni Mujriman'' (''I Have Been Made a Murderer''), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in ''[La Anam](/source/La_Anam)'' (''Sleepless''), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film ''Kul Hatha al-Hub'' (''All this Love'').<ref name= Mashy/>

Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994.<ref name= Yalla/><ref name= ELN/>

==Films==
===Selected works===
*1940: "[Dananeer](/source/Dananeer_(film))" (دنانير)
*1945: "[Sallama](/source/Sallama_(film))" (سلامه)
*1947: "Azhar wa Ashwak" (أزهار وأشواك)
*1958: "Haza Howa el hob" ( هذا هو الحب)
*1964: "Bain al-Qasrain" (بين القصرين)
*1966: "[Thalath Losoos](/source/Three_Thieves_(1966_film))" (ثلاث لصوص)
*1967: "Qasr al-Shawq" (قصر الشوق)
*1968: "[The Splendor of Love](/source/The_Splendor_of_Love)" (روعة الحب)
*1969: "[Shey Min el Khouf](/source/A_Taste_of_Fear)" (شيء من الخوف)
*1973: "Al Sokkareyah" (السكرية)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0149630|name=Yehia Chahine}}

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