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Youssef Shaaban featured many personalities with human dimensions throughout his artistic career, and millions remind him of the role of Mohsen Mumtaz in “Raafat Al-Hagan”, Sayed Al-Dougari in “The Dougari Family”, Sarhan Al-Buhairi in ” Miramar “and Salama Farwaih in” Al-Mal and Al-Banoun “.
An audience of the late artist and his fans shared the news of his death, at age 90, on social media, recalling his most outstanding roles and artistic works.
Artist “premeditated”
Youssef Shaaban was born in the Shubra district of Cairo in 1933, and his father was a famous advertising designer, and due to his love of drawing, Youssef wanted to enter the College of Fine Arts, but his family tried to enroll him in the Police . Military College or College without his desire, and in the end he was forced to join the Faculty of Law, but his works were withdrawn from them after three years of study, then he entered the Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated from it in 1962 .
He began in the cinema in the sixties of the last century with the film “In our home there is a man” in 1961, and then his cinematographic works exceeded 110 films.
Among the most prominent films in which he participated are “The idol of the masses”, “Miramar”, “The three love her” and “The mother of the bride”.
The late artist also appeared in some 130 television series, including “Al Mal y Al Banoun”, “Shahd and Tears”, “Family and People”, “Al Watad” and “Raafat Al Hagan”.
As for the theater, Shaaban participated in about 50 theatrical performances, beginning with the television play “The dead end”, then the play “Something in my chest”, “The land of hypocrisy”, “Airport of love”, and others.
Yusef Shaaban participated, just before his death, in the filming of the series “Hornet’s Nest”, which is scheduled for next Ramadan.
A life full of details
Shaaban was married several times, first to the artist Laila Taher in 1963, then he separated from her after four years, and then he married Nadia Ismail Shirin, daughter of Princess Fawzia, sister of the late King of Egypt Farouk, but soon he separated from her during her pregnancy with her daughter Sinai, and eventually married Kuwaitis: Iman Khaled Al-Shariaan: from whom she gave birth to her son Murad and daughter Zainab, who live in Kuwait.
Captain
In 1997, Shaaban won the Actors Guild elections to take over as president, and during his term he was able to promote the union and establish a large club in Cairo to meet with all the representatives, and he treated many artists that he could not afford. his medical expenses, and was able to continue in his position for two consecutive terms, before losing in the 2003 elections to artist Ashraf Zaki.
The last appearance of the late actor Youssef Shaaban was in a television interview with a local channel, in early February, days before his contagion with the Corona virus, as he spoke of his memories with his most famous television series, “Al-Mal and Al-Banoun “.