16 Facts About Magda El-Khatib

Magda El-Khatib was an Egyptian film, stage, television actress and film producer.

Magda El-Khatib participated in over hundred artworks through her career.

Magda El-Khatib was notable for her roles in the golden age of Egyptian cinema.

Magda El-Khatib started her career with at the age of seventeen with a small role in Love and Pleasure, followed by Melody of Happiness.

Magda El-Khatib acted in secondary roles before obtaining her first major role in The Mountain directed by Khalil Shawky and was chosen among the 100 best films in the history of Egyptian cinema in 1996.

Magda El-Khatib starred in Chitchat on the Nile by Hussein Kamal, based on Naguib Mahfouz's story with the same name the film was a critical and financial success.

Magda El-Khatib starred in The Cursed House alongside Kamal El-Shennawi.

Magda El-Khatib participated in a number of television works such as The Butterfly, Zizinia, The Edge of a Knife, and A Woman from Upper Egypt.

Magda El-Khatib's last acting scene was in the series No One Sleeps in Alexandria.

Magda El-Khatib has participated in more than 55 films in her career.

Magda El-Khatib won the Golden Pyramid Acting Award in 1966 for her performance in Dalal the Egyptian.

Magda El-Khatib received the Best Actress Award for a second role in Tufahha.

In 1982, Magda El-Khatib was sentenced with a suspended one year in prison for manslaughter after hitting a pedestrian with her car.

Magda El-Khatib was imprisoned in 1985 as a result of a drug related case in which she was involved, and was beaten by the police during her arrest.

Magda El-Khatib was in Greece when she was sentenced, she stayed in Greece and returned in the 1990s.

Magda El-Khatib returned to acting in the mid-1990s in secondary roles.