Omar Sharif

1932 - 2015  (83 years)    Has no ancestors but 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Omar Sharif
  Birth	10 Apr 1932	Alexandria, Egypt
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	Eg
  actor
  Death	10 juli 2015	Cairo, al Qahirah, Egypt
  Person ID	I372476	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family 1	Faten Hamama,   b. 27 May 1931, El-Mansoera d. 17 Jan 2015, Cairo, al Qahirah, Egypt (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1955
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F147670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F147542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2002

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Family ID	F147671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 4	Sophia Loren,   b. 20 Sep 1934, Pozzuoli, Campania, Italia
  Family ID	F147672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2002

  
  

  Family 5	Ingrid Bergman,   b. 29 Aug 1915, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Södermanland, Uppland, Sverige d. 29 Aug 1982, London, Middlesex, England (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F147673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2002

  
  

  Family 6	Paola de Luca
  Marriage	1970
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F147676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 7	Living
  Family ID	F147674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2002

  
  

  Family 8	Sohair Ramzi
  Marriage	1977
  Family ID	F147675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2002

  
  

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  		Birth - 10 Apr 1932 - Alexandria, Egypt Death - 10 juli 2015 - Cairo, al Qahirah, Egypt  = Link to Google Earth
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  Already a star of Egyptian films, Sharif came to international prominence for his role in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He starred in Genghis Khan (1965) and then in Dr. Zhivago (1965), a role that won a Golden Globe award and remains a classic of bittersweet romance. He played starring roles in the films Che! (1969), Funny Lady (1975), The Rainbow Thief (1990), Mayrig (1991) and numerous TV movies, including Peter the Great (1986). Sharif is also a world-class bridge player. A dashing, soulful, Egyptian-born romantic lead, Sharif is best-known for his roles as the romantic "Dr. Zhivago" (1965) and as Nicky Arnstein, Fanny Brice's con-man husband in "Funny Girl" (1968). After several years of working for his father's successful lumber company, Sharif made his film debut in the Egyptian-made "Sina Fil Wadi/The Blazing Sun" (1954), co-starring future wife Faten Hamama. Almost overnight, he became an Egyptian matinee idol, starring in a total of 22 films from 1954-1961, often co-starring with his wife. These comedies, romances and adventures were not seen outside the Middle East, but the darkly handsome, mustachioed and multilingual actor eventually caught the eye of the rest of the world. It took director David Lean, who cast Sharif as the lead's best friend in the epic "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), to catapult the actor to international success. His role as an Arab cheiftan earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination and an American film contract. After finishing up some Egyptian commitments, he played various ethnic types: a Spaniard in "Behold a Pale Horse" (1964), an Armenian in "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964) and a Yugoslavian in "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964). After playing "Genghis Khan" (1965) in a multinational production, he got his real starmaking part, as the soulful, love-crossed "Doctor Zhivago" in David Lean's popular epic of the Russian Revolution, based on the Pasternak novel. 5His next major hit was "Funny Girl", in which he was appealing if miscast as Nicky Arnstein, Fanny Brice's second husband. He finished out the 60s in style, for the most part, with the high-budgeted "Mayering" (1968) as the suicidal Crown Prince Rudolf, Sidney Lumet's romantic mystery "The Appointment" (1969), the title role in the disastrous "Che!" (also 1969) and the hit Western "McKenna's Gold" (1969). But Sharif's vogue seemed to pass with the 70s, or perhaps there were only so many foreign leading man roles available. Still, he made eleven films in the decade in almost as many countries. His American releases included John Frankenheimer's "The Horsemen" (1971) and the thriller "Bloodline" (1979). In Britain, Sharif appeared in two Blake Edwards' films, "The Tamarind Seed" (1974), opposite Julie Andrews, and "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976), as well as the adventure "Ashanti" (1979). His latter-day film work has taken him to France ("Les Possedes," 1987), Italy ("Viaggio d'Amore," 1990), Egypt ("Al Moaten al Myssri," 1991) and Japan ("Tengoku No Taizai," 1992). Back in the US, Sharif had a supporting role in the raucous comedy "Top Secret!" (1984). Television has been kinder to Sharif in later years. He made his TV-movie debut in the earnest, all-star "The Poppy Is Also a Flower" (ABC, 1968), about international drug trading, and has reamined active in that medium. Some longforms have provided him with excellent roles, better showcases than he had gotten on the big screen. He was a professional gambler in "The Pleasure Palace" (CBS, 1980), Ben Cross' Indian mentor in "The Far Pavilions" (HBO, 1984), a Turkish sultan in "Harem" (ABC, 1986), a Russian Prince in "Peter the Great" (NBC, 1986), a romantic Frenchman in the comedy "Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris" (CBS, 1992) and a sorcerer in the superb adaptation of Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" (NBC, 1996). Sharif is also a professional bridge player who has authored books and a newspaper column on the subject, as well as representing Egypt in the 1964 Olympic bridge competition.