Watch Apple TV+ Movies
TV Shows and more
Try 7-Day Free
Home >

Assia Dagher

Assia Dagher

Birthday: 2001-04-18 | Place of Birth: Lebanon

A Lebanese producer and actress, born in Tannourine in 1901. She moved to Egypt in 1923 with her niece, Mary Queeny. In 1927, Assia established her own production company, Lotus Film, which became one of the pioneering production companies in the history of Egyptian cinema. Assia produced her first film in 1929, Belle of Desert, in which she also co-starred. Since then, the films in which she participated as an actress and producer continued, including When a Woman Loves, Manager's Daughter, and The Accused. In the late 1940s, Assia decided to stop acting and devote herself to her work as a producer. After that, she produced many notable films, such as Return My Heart, and Nasser Salah Eddin, which was at the time the most expensive Egyptian film ever made. Assia Dagher died in 1986 at the age of 78.

...

Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1945
This Was My Father's Crime

as    Assia Dagher

1943
What a madness

as    إكرام

1942
The Fifth Groom

as    بهيرة هانم - الأرملة الثرية

1939
Look for the Woman

as    Huda Hanem

1939
Zuleikha loves Ashour

as    Zuleikha

1938
Bent Elbasha El Moder

as    حكمت إسماعيل

1936
Banknote

as    Salma

1936
Proxy Wife

as    ناهد - أمينة هانم

1935
Shajarat al-Durr

as    Shajarat al-Durr

1934
Bewitching Eyes

as    Dalila

1933
When a Woman Loves

as    Nadia

1929
Belle of the Desert

as    سلمى